United States Sixth Circuit
FOGERTY v. MGM GROUP HOLDING CORP., INC., 03-5498, 03-5874
In an infringement case involving music, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where there is no evidence adduced by plaintiffs to support the proposition that the two songs of the parties are so strikingly similar that copying is the only plausible explanation of the similarities.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/03/2004
- Published 08/03/2004
Judges
- Before MARTIN and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; HOLSCHUH, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- W. Gary Blackburn (argued and briefed), Blackburn & McCune, Nashville, TN, Adam Siegler (argued and briefed), The Siegler Law Group, Beverly Hills, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Timothy L. Warnock (argued and briefed), Jay S. Bowen (briefed), Bowen, Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.