Grant has asked for $300,000 and lawyers fees in the four-year-old case.
They also claimed that Grant didnt have the track copyrighted.
Grants lawyer, Robert W. Clarida, got a shorter and lighter interrogation by comparison.
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Electric Avenue kicks in, with its thumping beat, one-two guitar punch and Grants galvanizing shout of Oi!
There was no link to a campaign donation site in the video or the tweet, they noted.
They also said Grant didnt hold a proper copyright to the song when he filed his lawsuit.
Grant has since registered Electric Avenue with the U.S.
Copyright Office, a step he took last month.
Grant registered Electric Avenue separately, Clarida said, to be cautious, using a belt and suspenders analogy.
I dont see the cases out there that say you cant do this, Koeltl said flatly.
Koeltl didnt question the fair-use argument as aggressively as he did the claim of a nonexistent copyright.
The judges decision will play a significant factor in whether Grant v. Trump ever goes to trial.
Grants lawyers want all the case paperwork unsealed.
The Trump campaign playlist has undergone some shuffling as the complaints and threats of litigation have piled up.
Law suit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5 thousand others.
), White wrote on Instagram.
