LEGAL FILE

Prince’s Rights Stand: The Supreme Court has refused to revive a copyright-infringement lawsuit over Prince’s hit song “U Got the Look.” The court, without comment, let stand decisions dismissing claims by Prince’s half-sister, Lorna Nelson of Minneapolis, Minn., that his song’s lyrics are too similar to an unpublished song she wrote. Nelson in 1987 sued Prince, whose full name is Prince Rogers Nelson, and PRN Productions, his record business based in Chanhassen, Minn. Her federal suit contended that the lyrics to “U Got the Look” infringed on her copyright in an unpublished song, “What’s Cooking in this Book.”