Yankee Candle V. New England Candle Company

This case of Copyright included Yankee Candle and New England Candle Company. On September 9th, 1996 in Holyoke Massachusetts, Yankee candle filed a suit against New England Candle Company for copyright and trade dress infringement. Yankee Candle claimed that copyright protection for both the blueprints and the actual design of the Holyoke store that was embodied in the blueprints. The court found that Yankee Candle was an internal structure and not a "building".  Since Yankee Candle did not design the walls or ceilings of the store, Yankee Candle was not the author of the structure. The court granted New England’s summary judgment on all other counts.

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