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14 October 2021CopyrightAlex Baldwin

P&G asks court to dismiss Febreze jingle suit

Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has asked a New York court to dismiss a lawsuit,  claiming that its Febreze advert jingle is too generic to infringe on a copyrighted song.

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