Legal Opinion
Emi Catalogue Partnership and Emi Robbins Catalog Inc. v. Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc. And Spalding Sports Worldwide
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 15, 2000No. 1999PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
At the heart of the litigation before us on this appeal is a jazz tune popularized by the well-known swing clarinetist Benny Goodman. The song entitled “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” is one of the most recognizable from the height of the swing era in the 1930s. A 1999 poll of National Public Radio listeners named it one of the 100 most important musical works of the 20th century. In the instant trademark suit, plaintiffs, the current holders of rights to the song, sought to prevent defendants infringing those rights by using an alliterative version of the song’s…
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