Snubbed American Airlines Logo to Get Another Copyright Review

American Airlines planes.

Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg
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American Airlines raised a stink over the U.S. government’s refusal to give its logo copyright protection -- and that may get results.

The U.S. Copyright Office has repeatedly deemed the airline’s flight symbol to be lacking in creativity, finally prompting the company to sue the head of the agency a month ago. A spokesman for the carrier said Friday that the lawsuit has been dropped because the copyright application is now getting another review.