Proctor & Gamble Tells 2nd Circuit Febreze Jingle Did Not Infringe Song

(June 13, 2024, 8:28 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A five-note melodic hook that is part of a copyrighted song is not separately protectable, Proctor & Gamble Corp. (P&G) and others argue in an appellee brief, asking the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a trial court’s dismissal of a musician’s complaint in which he alleged that the Febreze advertising jingle infringed the hook....