Romeo Santos and Sony Music Entertainment have won dismissal of copyright infringement claims regarding the singer's 2014 track, "Eres Mia." The case was brought against Santos and Sony by Nazim I. Guity, who alleged the song infringed the copyright of his 2011 tune of the same name.
Represented by Fox Rothschild partner David Aronoff, the motion to dismiss the case argued that Guity failed to state a claim because there is no "substantial similarity" in protectable expression between the Guity track and Santos' song, and therefore no copyright infringement.
The Court ruled that Santos had not appropriated any "protectable element" of the Guity song and had not produced a work that was substantially similar in its "total concept or overall feel."