Jewelry designer Edie Lynch alleged that Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld (together, the “Chanel defendants”) infringed her copyrighted design for the “Miss Wendy” brooch (1988). The Chanel defendants successfully moved for summary judgment, arguing the brooches were not substantially similar enough to warrant an inference of copying, particularly in light of preexisting brooches (some by Chanel) employing a similar design. The district court granted the Chanel defendants’ motion, concluding as a matter of law that there was no infringement because the allegedly copied aspects of Lynch’s brooch (“elongated stones that extend out beyond the brooch” and “free, open space”) were not protectable expressions.