Substantial Similarity Analysis

Case-by-case forensic analysis of whether a musical similarity is legally meaningful: protectable expression versus unprotectable building blocks, the extrinsic and intrinsic tests, selection and arrangement, and substantial-similarity judgment.

Nickelback sued over “Rockstar.”

May 8, 2020

$8.1M infringement suit. Was Ford too cheap to pay $13,500 in license fees?

April 30, 2020

Sheeran’s case got a step up from the Stairway decision.

March 26, 2020

Big Bang Theory’s “Soft Kitty.”

March 7, 2020

Does Bad Decisions infringe on Dancing With Myself?

March 4, 2020

Walk It Talk It: Migos dodged a bullet.

November 19, 2019

DId Lil Nas X and Cardi B steal “Rodeo?”

October 7, 2019

Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway’ case, What’s most likely next?

September 27, 2019

The Intriguing Case of Baby Shark do do do do da do.

September 10, 2019

The importance of the Kraftwerk case.

August 27, 2019

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