Samuel Moore v. Weinstein Company, LLC, The
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Sam Moore, half of the 1960s and ’70s music duo “Sam & Dave” that sang the well-known songs “Hold On, Pm Cornin’’ ’ and “Soul Man,” appeals an adverse judgment on his trademark-infringement and common-law claims against the producers and distributors of “Soul Men,” a 2008 fictional film starring actors Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac (the “Movie”), and its accompanying soundtrack (the “Soundtrack”). Moore appeals five claims that center on a common theme: the Movie and Soundtrack infringed his unregistered trademarks of variations of the…
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