Appeals Court Smacks Down Floorplan Copyright Troll (DesignBasics v. Signature Homes) (Patreon)

"Plaintiff Design Basics, LLC, is a copyright troll. The firm holds registered copyrights in thousands of floor plans for suburban, single-family tract homes, and its employees trawl the Internet in search of targets for strategic infringement suits of questionable merit. The goal is to secure “prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”