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"The claimed similarities are an unprotectable jumble of elements: A title and hook phrase used by many earlier Christmas songs, other commonplace words, phrases, and Christmas tropes like 'Santa Claus' and 'mistletoe'," they wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

His lawyers argued that the songs shared versions of a similar and unprotectable chord progression freely available to all songwriters.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2023

Attorneys for Sheeran have countered in court documents and at trial that “the two songs share versions of a similar and unprotectable chord progression that was freely available to all songwriters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

“The two songs share versions of a similar and unprotectable chord progression that was freely available to all songwriters,” they said in a court filing.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Chhabria said in a Wednesday order that even if the complaint was true, Apple at most copied Cub Club's unprotectable "idea" of diverse emoji.

From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2022