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    • Jan 23, 2014
    The Tennessean reports Kenny Chesney filed a copyright infringement suit in Nashville against a T-shirt manufacturer for using his name and a guitar-and-palm tree logo without obtaining permission
    Mar 10, 2014
    The House of Bryant files suit against Lake City, Tennessee, in Knoxville to prevent the town from renaming itself Rocky Top. The publishing company maintains the change would harm the value of its copyrighted song "Rocky Top"
    May 20, 2014
    California-based apparel company Lucky 13 files suit against Taylor Swift, accusing her of using the phrase "Lucky 13" or the number 13 on clothing in a way that infringes on the company's trademark
    Jun 10, 2014
    "You're Gonna Miss This" songwriter Lee Thomas Miller testifies before Congress as the government considers changes in the copyright laws. "I look for words to rhyme with love everyday," he says during the hearing in Washington, D.C. "Until yesterday, I had never used the word omnibus"
    Jun 25, 2014
    Rosanne Cash testifies before a House committee in Washington, D.C., on music licensing rates. She tells the panel that a website streamed her songs 600,000 times in an 18-month period, providing her just $114 in royalties
    Jun 26, 2014
    Lake City, Tennessee, renames itself Rocky Top in an effort to increase tourism. The change is in litigation as the House of Bryant, which owns the rights to the song "Rocky Top," maintains the town will harm its business
    Mar 6, 2015
    Buzzfeed reports several online Etsy stores have removed merchandise from sale after Taylor Swift trademarked phrases from some of her songs, including "this sick beat" and "party like it's 1989"
    Mar 6, 2015
    Ronnie Cremer, who claims to be Taylor Swift's first guitar instructor, receives a letter from her legal team demanding he take down his website, ITaughtTaylorSwift.com, saying it infringes on her trademark
    Nov 6, 2015
    Taylor Swift and the Blue Sphere clothing company tell a Los Angeles judge they have reached an agreement that resolves a lawsuit that accused Swift of violating trademarks on Lucky 13 jeans
    Nov 10, 2015
    A California judge dismisses a copyright suit filed against Taylor Swift, ruling that the pop hit "Shake It Off" was not stolen from a song called "Haters Gone Hate"



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