Glass artist Dale Chihuly is suing a former member of his team, alleging the glassblower has been making Chihuly’s designs in violation of Chihuly’s copyright. Now the glasblower has countersued. “The countersuit alleges Chihuly is trying to claim ‘a monopoly on any and all glass art that is curved, nested or uses certain kinds of colors. [Chihuly] cannot use copyright registrations to protect an idea or process that is so elementary that it would preclude any other glass artist from working or creating any glass art at all’.”