November 26, 2014
A Warner Music Group Corp. unit and the plaintiff alleging the unit's copyright for "Happy Birthday to You" is bunk each asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to gift them a quick win in the putative class action over the ubiquitous song.
July 28, 2014
A California federal magistrate judge ruled Friday that the plaintiff in a putative class action alleging a Warner Music Group Corp. unit's copyright for "Happy Birthday to You" is bunk can't see decades-old letters detailing the song's copyright history because they are protected by attorney-client privilege.
July 25, 2014
A Warner Music Group Corp. unit told a California federal judge Friday that the plaintiff in a putative class action alleging Warner's copyright for "Happy Birthday to You" is bogus can't see decades-old letters detailing the song's copyright history, saying they are protected by attorney-client privilege.
October 23, 2013
A Warner Music Group Corp. unit partially won its bid to narrow a class action alleging the company is claiming bogus copyright protection for the ubiquitous song "Happy Birthday to You," as a California federal judge on Wednesday limited the case to the central issue of the copyright's validity.
September 04, 2013
A unit of Warner Music Group Corp. on Friday asked a California federal judge to gut most of a class action accusing the record company of claiming bogus copyright protection for the ubiquitous "Happy Birthday to You" song, arguing the state-law claims are preempted by federal law.