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Old Spice Facing Copyright Fight Over Whistle Jingle

Law360 (August 6, 2019, 3:02 PM EDT) -- A composer who says he created the famous Old Spice whistling jingle is accusing Procter & Gamble of using a copyright-infringing tune to promote its products after their contract ended.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court, composer H. Scott Salinas said P&G had a license to use the jingle for a short period of time but created a "strikingly similar" version to replace the original when the deal expired.

"Mr. Salinas created an iconic work that was a boon to P&G's business," Salinas' attorney, Scott Alan Burroughs of Doniger Burroughs, told Law360 on Tuesday. "In exchange, he was...

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