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Meshwerks: digital models of Toyota vehicles

Decision date · 17 June 2008

Context photograph: The Tenth Circuit’s Byron White Courthouse in Denver.
Context photograph: The Tenth Circuit’s Byron White Courthouse in Denver. Dtobias · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized

The dispute

Meshwerks made digital wireframe models intended to reproduce the appearance of Toyota vehicles faithfully.

The decision

The court held that the models lacked sufficient original expression to support the asserted copyrights.

Source

Tenth Circuit · 528 F.3d 1258

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