U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Robert Smith aka Bigg Robb v. Bernard Thomas aka Bishop Bullwinkle
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Amul Roger Thapar
- Filed
- Dec. 20, 2018
- Case
- Robert Smith aka Bigg Robb v. Bernard Thomas aka Bishop Bullwinkle
- Case status
- Decided
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THAPAR, Circuit Judge. When Robert Smith (aka Bigg Robb) recorded his song Looking for a Country Girl , he probably was not looking for a legal battle, too. But Bernard Thomas (aka Bishop Bullwinkle) copied the beat from Smith's song to make a new one-called Hell 2 Da Naw Naw -and suddenly became famous. Understandably upset at his work being copi…
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