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    • Jul 14, 1995
    Los Angeles songwriter Guy Thomas files suit against Garth Brooks, charging that Brooks' "Standing Outside The Fire" infringes on "Conviction Of The Heart," a pop hit Thomas co-wrote with Kenny Loggins
    Oct 4, 1996
    Conway Twitty's widow, Dee Jenkins, and his children file separate papers in a Nashville court, with both sides claiming full rights to his songs, plus the Twitty Bird logo--all valued at $3.8 million. The children eventually secure the rights
    Dec 30, 1996
    A Houston judge rules the Velvet Elvis nightclub does not violate trademark rights owned by Elvis Presley's estate. The judge says the "Velvet Elvis" phrase refers to an era, rather than The King
    Jul 8, 1997
    Songwriter Everett Ellis files suit against songwriters Kerry Kurt Phillips, Rick Blaylock and Howard Perdew, charging they infringed upon his song "Lay Me Out Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)" when they wrote the Joe Diffie hit "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)." A judge rules against Ellis in December
    Sep 17, 1997
    Johnny Cash testifies on copyright issues in the digital age to a Senate subcommittee in Washington, D.C., noting that "Ring Of Fire" could be downloaded for free from a website in Eastern Europe. That is, he says, "downright theft"
    Oct 3, 1997
    Garth Brooks files suit against rapper Warren G. in Nashville to protect his use of the lower-case "g" as a symbol
    Oct 17, 1997
    Rapper Warren G files suit against Garth Brooks, saying he infringed upon a trademark logo, an encircled lower-case "g"
    Jan 13, 1998
    Jurors are chosen in Los Angeles for a copyright suit in which songwriter Guy Thomas claims Garth Brooks stole from the Kenny Loggins song "Conviction Of The Heart" in writing "Standing Outside The Fire." The two sides settle out of court
    Mar 26, 1998
    Garth Brooks and rapper Warren G. announce they have dropped lawsuits over the use of a lower-case "g," which G. associates with overcoming addiction. Brooks says, "I will strive to reach the standard that the 'g' represents to him and to his community"
    Oct 7, 1999
    Don Henley and The Eagles file a copyright infringement suit against Lovearth, an Internet company, for registering the domain names don-henley.net, don-henley.org, donhenley.org, theendoftheinnocence.com and e-a-g-l-e-s.com



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