Universal furniture international, inc. held copyrights on the designs of two furniture lines it sold. the designer had started with public domain sources, but blended elements from different historical periods and created changes until he found the designs aesthetically pleasing. he had blended the elements to create a different look. a major buyer of the lines asked collezione europa usa, inc. to produce a cheaper version. collezione did not know of the copyrights, but thought the designs were not entitled to copyright protection and could be imitated. it produced furniture so similar that when universal’s senior vice president saw the pieces, he thought they actually were universal pieces. universal sued collezione for infringement. did collezione have the right to imitate the designs?