( December 3, 2024, 1:48 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 2 affirmed a New York federal judge’s decision to dismiss a counterclaim from a defendant record company and associated entities seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement in a dispute over the ownership of songs by an influential funk musician, agreeing with the judge that the counterclaim was time-barred because a studio head was aware of alleged infringement in the 1970s....