The Unauthorized Use of Architect Drawings or Plans: Is it Theft?
By EsqSocial Corporation 19/04/24
OVERVIEW - Recently, the California Court of Appeals in Simmons v. Ehm Architecture, Inc., No. D080702, 2023 WL 8888228 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. Dec, 26, 2023) (unpublished), held that an owner giving his architect's plans to another architect without the first architect's consent for the new architect to complete the project constituted theft....
By: Stinson LLP