▁courts , ▁Lion ▁Publishing ▁Co . ▁sought ▁roy alt ies ▁and ▁tre ble ▁dam ages , ▁claim ing ▁" B ear ▁Cat " ▁was ▁" a ▁dead ▁ste al ". ▁In ▁May , ▁Phill ips ▁respond ed : ▁" There ' s ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁difference ▁in ▁the ▁words . ▁As ▁for ▁the ▁t une , ▁there ' s ▁pract ically ▁no ▁mel ody , ▁but ▁a ▁rh ythm ▁pattern ", ▁adding ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁hard ▁to ▁differenti ate ▁between ▁any ▁two ▁ 1 2 - bar ▁bl ues ▁songs . ▁By ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁in ▁a ▁" pre ced ent - setting " ▁decision ▁the ▁Court ▁ruled ▁against ▁Phill ips , ▁and ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁charges ▁of ▁pl ag iar ism , ▁finding ▁the ▁t une ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁of ▁" B ear ▁Cat " ▁to ▁be ▁identical ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ." Who ▁W rote ▁That ▁There ▁Song ?" ▁The ▁Pitts burgh ▁Cou rier ▁( J une ▁ 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 3 ): 1 9 ." K ing ▁H ops ▁In to ▁' H ound ' ▁Hass le ", ▁The ▁Billboard ▁( August ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 3 ) ▁p . ▁ 1 5 . ▁Phill ips ▁was ▁ordered ▁ ▁to ▁pay ▁ 2 % ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁prof its ▁of ▁" B ear ▁Cat " ▁plus ▁court ▁costs . ▁As ▁this ▁amount ed ▁to ▁$ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁compens