UNIVERSAL FURNITURE v. COLLEZIONE EUROPA USA

Nos. 07-2180, 09-1437.

618 F.3d 417 (2010)

UNIVERSAL FURNITURE INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLLEZIONE EUROPA USA, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant. Universal Furniture International, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Collezione Europa USA, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nicholas Mesiti , Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti, PC, Albany, New York, for Appellant. William M. Bryner, Kilpatrick & Stockton, LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Brett M. Hutton , Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti, PC, Albany, New York, for Appellant. George L. Little, Jr. , Laura C. Miller , Kilpatrick & Stockton, LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; W. Swain Wood , Wood Jackson, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published PER CURIAM opinion.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Collezione Europa USA, Incorporated ("Collezione"), and its adversary in this proceeding, appellee Universal Furniture International, Incorporated ("Universal"), are competing furniture companies. In 2004, Universal sued Collezione in the Middle District of North Carolina, alleging infringement under the Copyright Act with respect to two of Universal's furniture collections, as well as violations of the Lanham Act and the North...

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