South Korean music group BTS and their agency HYBE have secured a legal victory in the United States after a federal court dismissed a copyright lawsuit filed against them by Melissa Mays. The court reportedly rejected her amended complaint after finding that it failed to establish sufficient legal grounds for the allegations.

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According to reports, Mays filed the lawsuit on August 25, claiming that BTS and their management team had used her unreleased songs without permission. The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia had earlier raised concerns about the original complaint and allowed her to submit a revised version by October 9.

Although Mays filed an amended complaint on October 8, the court found that it did not address the issues identified earlier. The complaint was subsequently dismissed on October 22, bringing this particular legal dispute to a close.

However, the ruling does not resolve a separate copyright lawsuit involving BTS's song SWIM, the title track of their fifth studio album, ARIRANG. Composers Steve Cooper, John Sandler and Graylin Johnson filed that case in California on July 8, alleging that the track shares similarities with their own composition, which also carries the title SWIM.

The composers have reportedly cited similarities in melody, chorus, harmony, rhythm and lyrics. They are seeking damages and a share of the song's profits.

Big Hit Music has rejected the allegations, describing them as a unilateral claim and maintaining that SWIM was created independently.

The two cases involve separate allegations, and the Virginia court's dismissal should not be interpreted as a ruling on the ongoing California dispute.