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2000-2009List of Cases
| Year | Country | Case Name | Court | Complaining Work | Defending Work | Complaining Author | Defending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | US | Armstrong v. Virgin Records | S.D.N.Y. | Planetary Citizen | Unfinished Sympathy | John McLaughlin, et al. | Robert Del Naja, et al |
| 2000 | US | Three Boys Music v. Michael Bolton | 9th Cir. | Love is a Wonderful Thing | Love is a Wonderful Thing | Isley Brothers | Michael Bolton and Andrew Goldmark |
| 2000 | US | Tisi v. Patrick | S.D.N.Y. | Sell Your Soul | Take A Picture | Michael Tisi | Richard Patrick |
| 2000 | FR | Bouffard v. Ministère Public | Cour d’Appel [Regional Court of Appeal] Toulouse | Various pop songs in SACEM catalog | Mashups of various songs in SACEM catalog | ||
| 2000 | FR | Cooper v. Ogilvy & Mather, et al. | Tribunal de grande instance | The Lower we Fly | "Pond's Nutrivits" ads | Matthew Cooper | Ogilvy & Mather |
| 2001 | IT | Albano Carrisi v. Michael Jackson | Corte app. (Rome) | I cigni di Balaka | Will You be There? | Albano Carrisi | Michael Jackson |
| 2001 | US | Oliviera v. Frito-Lay | 2nd Cir. | Girl from Ipenama | Frito-Lay TV ad | Astrud Gilberto | Frito-Lay Corp. |
| 2001 | US | Marlon Williams v. Calvin Broadus | S.D.N.Y. | The Symphony | Ghetto Symphony | Marlon Williams | Calvin Broadus |
| 2001 | US | Johnson v. Berry | E.D. Mo. | Wee Wee Hours | N/A | Chuck Berry and Johnnie Johnson | N/A |
| 2001 | US | Toliver v. Sony Music | D. Alaska | Independent Lady | Independent Women | Paula Toliver | Destiny's Child |
| 2002 | UK | Creagh v. Hit and Run Music | Ch. Div. | Where are You Now | Where are You | Marianne Creagh | Simon Stirling, et al. |
| 2002 | US | Jean et al. v. Bug Music | S.D.N.Y. | Hand Clapping Song | My Love is Your Love | Leo Nocentelli, et al. | Nel Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis |
| 2002 | UK | Malmstedt v. EMI Records | Ch. D. | Jenny and I | Sleeping in my Car | Stephan Malmstedt | Per Gessle |
| 2002 | DE | Weh v. Universal Music Publishing | LG [State Court] Munich | Heartbeat | Get Over You | WEH | Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
| 2002 | US | Johnson v. Berry | E.D. Miss. | Various songs | Johnnie Johnson | Chuck Berry | |
| 2003 | US | Cottrill v. Spears | E.D. Pa. | What You See is What You Get | What U See is What U Get, Can't Make You Love Me | Michael Cottrill and Lawrence Wnukowski | Jorgen Elufsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Rami Yacoub |
| 2003 | US | Newton v. Diamond | 9th Cir. | Choir | Pass the Mic | James W. Newton | Adam Yauch, et al. |
| 2003 | US | Ory v. Country Joe McDonald | C.D. Cal. | Muskrat Ramble | I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag | Edward "Kid" Ory | Joe McDonald |
| 2003 | US | Jorgensen v. Epic/Sony Records | 2nd Cir. | Long Lost Lover | My Heart Will Go On, Amazed | John L. Jorgensen | James Horner, Will Jennings, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Marv Green |
| 2003 | DE | Ergin v. Kershaw | OLG [Higher State Court] Hamburg | Jingle of German bank: “Wenn’s ums Geld geht-Sparkasse” | Wouldn't It Be Good | Mehmet Ergin, Christoph Lienemann | [Unknown Composer] |
| 2003 | JP | Kobayashi v. Hatorri | Supreme Court of Japan | Dokomademo Ikou [Let's Go Anywhere] | Kinenju [Memorial Tree] | Asei Kobayashi | Katsuhisa Hattori |
| 2004 | PRC | Apollo v. Coca Cola | Beijing District Court | When the Sun Rises | Sunrise | Apollo Inc. | Coca-Cola (China) Inc. |
| 2004 | US | Swirsky v. Carey | 9th Cir. | One of Those Love Songs | Thank God I Found You | Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell | Mariah Carey |
| 2004 | ZA | Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. S.G. Griesel | High Court of South Africa | Soloman Ntsele [p/k/a/] Linda | Pete Seeger, et al. (From Disney's 1997 Broadway musical "The Lion King") | Mbube | The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
| 2004 | US | Ulloa v. Universal | S.D.N.Y. | Brief countermelody to defendant's song | Izzo (H.O.V.A.) | Demme Ulloa | Shawn Carter |
| 2005 | US | BMS Entertainment v. Bridges | S.D.N.Y. | Straight Like That | Stand Up | Ramid Brown, et al. | Christopher Bridges |
| 2005 | US | Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films, et al. | 6th Cir. | Get Off Your Ass and Jam | 100 Miles and Runnin' | George Clinton | Eric Wright, et al. |
| 2005 | UK | Coffey v. Warner/Chappell Music | Ch. D. | Forever After | Nothing Really Mattters | Elizabeth Coffey | Patrick Leonard & Madonna Ciccone |
| 2005 | US | Griffin v. J-Records | E.D. Wash. | Heart of Gold | Dance With My Father | Tia Griffin | Richard Marx, Luther Vandross |
| 2005 | US | Johnson v. Gordon | 1st Cir. | You’re the One (For Me) | You’re the One | Calvin R. Johnson | Allen Gordon Jr., et al. |
| 2005 | US | Positive Black Talk v. Cash Money Records | 5th Cir. | Back That Ass Up | Back That Azz Up | Jerome Temple ("Jubilee") | Terius Gray ("Juvenile") |
| 2005 | US | Vargas v. Pfizer | S.D.N.Y. | Bust Dat Groove Without Ride | Advertisement for Celebrex | Ralph Vargas and Bland-Ricky Roberts | Brian Transeau, et al. |
| 2005 | PRC | Yong Wang v. Zhengben Zhu | Beijing Court of Appeals, First District | Send My Comrade to Beijing | Farewell to the Red Army | Yong Wang | Zhengben Zhu |
| 2005 | IT | Bacalov v. Endrigo | Cass. civ. | Nelle mie notti | Il Postino | Sergio Endrigo | Luis Bacalov |
| 2006 | US | Boone v. Jackson | 2d Cir. | Holla Back | Young 'N | Carl Boone ("Trajik") | John Jackson ("Fabolous") |
| 2006 | US | Tilford v. Jones | S.D. Tex. | Still Tippin' | Still Tippin' | Bradley Tilford | Mike Jones, et al. |
| 2007 | US | Armour v. Knowles | 5th Cir. | Got a Little Bit of Love for You | Baby Boy | Jennifer Armour | Beyoncé Knowles |
| 2007 | US | Bridgeport Music v. Combs | 6th Cir. | Singing in the Morning | Ready to Die | Robert Jones, et al. | Christopher Wallace |
| 2007 | US | Lil' Joe Wein Music, Inc. v. Jackson | 11th Cir. | It's Your Birthday | In Da Club | Luther Campbell | Curtis James Jackson aka "50 Cent" |
| 2007 | TWN | People v. Hu | Taiwan Pingtong Appellate Court | Lianshang Love Song | Bye Bye My Lover! | Lo | Hu |
| 2007 | US | Vargas v. Transeau | S.D.N.Y. | Aparthenonia | Bust Dat Groove Without Ride | Ralph Vargas and Bland-Ricky Roberts | Brian Transeau |
| 2007 | US | Velez v. Sony Discos | S.D.N.Y. | Hasta Hoy | Tengo Ganas | Victor Velez | Victor Manuelle |
| 2007 | US | Lester v. U2 | C.D. Cal. | Nowhere Fast | Vertigo | Chris Lester | U2 (band) |
| 2007 | PRC | Huang Nenghua, et al. v. China Record Shanghai Co., Ltd. | Shanghai Interm. People’s Court | Arrangements of Chinese Operas, including: The Mother as Slave | Recording of popular vocal numbers from Chinese Operas, including a portion of The Mother as Slave | Xu Ruhui | Yang Feifei |
| 2008 | US | Glover v. Austin | 2d Cir. | Make Up Your Mind | Unpretty | Corey Glover | Tionne Watkins, et al. |
| 2008 | IN | Samrath v. Roshan & Ors | Bom. HC | The Thump | Krazzy 4 (remix) & Breakfree (remix) | Rom Sampath | Vishal Dadlani |
| 2008 | DE | Winter, et al. v. Moore, et al. | Munich Distr. Ct. | Nordrach | Still Got the Blues | Jürgen Winter, et al. (a.k.a. "Jud's Gallery") | Gary Moore |
| 2009 | US | Allen v. Destiny's Child | N.D. Ill. | Cater 2 U | Cater 2 U | Rickey Allen | Destiny's Child |
| 2009 | US | Brainard v. Vassar | M.D.Tenn. | Good Ol' Days to Come | Good Ole Days | Dustin Evans | Phil Vassar |
| 2009 | US | Steele v. Bongiovi, et al. | D. Mass. | Man I Really Love This Team | I Love This Town | Samuel Steele | Jon Bongiovi |
| 2009 | US | Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc | 6th Cir. | Atomic Dog | D.O.G. In Me | George Clinton | Robert Kelly, et al. ("Public Announcement") |
| 2009 | US | Jones v. Blige | 6th Cir. | Party Ain't Crunk | Family Affair | Leonard Jones and James E. White | Mary J. Blige |
| 2009 | US | Joe Satriani v. Christopher Martin, et al. [Coldplay] | C.D. Cal. | If I Could Fly | Viva la Vida | Joe Satriani | Christopher Martin et al. [Coldplay] |
| 2009 | US | Domino Records v. Interscope Geffen A & M Records [Schnauss v. “Guns N’ Roses”] | S.D.N.Y. | Wherever You Are; A Strangely Isolated Place | Raid N’ the Bedouins | Ulrich Schnauss | William B. Rose, et al. |
| 2009 | DE | Weh v. Universal Music Publishing | KG [Higher State Court] Berlin | Heartbeat | Get Over You | WEH | Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
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