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August 22, 2005

Copyright Battle Over Freedom Tower

It looks as though the copyright lawsuit surrounding David Childs' Freedom Tower will proceed. The design for the Freedom Tower was unveiled to the public in December 2003. However, a man by the name of Thomas Shine claims that there are substantial similarities between the Freedom Tower and a project he created in 1999. According to this press release, Mr. Shine created a skyscraper design for his graduate work at the Yale School of Architecture. Mr. Shine's work, entitled Olympic Tower, had a similar twisting structural grid with a pattern of interlocking and protruding diamonds. The press release also states that the creator of the Freedom Tower was a panelist judge that commented on the Olympic Tower in 1999.

For more information, see the Business Week article Architect's Lawsuit Over Freedom Tower Moves Forward, the New York Times article Suit Claiming Similarities In Tower Design Can Proceed, or Copyright Trial Over Freedom Tower Design (ag-IP-news).

To view renderings of the Freedom Tower, click here.

Posted by Melody Wirz at 11:00 AM.
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