Pharrell WILLIAMS, an individual; Clifford Harris, Jr., an individual; Robin Thicke, an individual, dba I Like'em Thicke Music, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants, and
More Water From Nazareth Publishing, Inc.; Star Trak Entertainment; Interscope Records; UMG Recordings, Inc.; Universal Music Distribution, Counter-Defendants-Appellants,
v.
Frankie Christian GAYE, an individual; Marvin Gaye III, an individual; Nona Marvisa Gaye, an individual, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.
Pharrell Williams, an individual; Clifford Harris, Jr., an individual; Robin Thicke, an individual, dba I Like'em Thicke Music, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, and
More Water From Nazareth Publishing, Inc.; Star Trak Entertainment; Interscope Records; UMG Recordings, Inc.; Universal Music Distribution, Counter-Defendants-Appellees,
v.
Frankie Christian Gaye, an individual; Marvin Gaye III, an individual; Nona Marvisa Gaye, an individual, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.
Pharrell Williams, an individual; Robin Thicke, an individual, dba I Like'em Thicke Music; Clifford Harris, Jr., an individual, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, and
More Water From Nazareth Publishing, Inc.; Star Trak Entertainment; Interscope Records; UMG Recordings, Inc.; Universal Music Distribution, Counter-Defendants-Appellees.
v.
Frankie Christian Gaye, an individual; Marvin Gaye III, an individual; Nona Marvisa Gaye, an individual, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.
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Argued and Submitted October 6, 2017, Pasadena, California.
Filed March 21, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kathleen M. Sullivan (argued) and Ellyde R. Thompson , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, New York; Daniel C. Posner , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Los Angeles, California; Howard E. King , Stephen D. Rothschild , and Seth Miller , King Holmes Paterno & Soriano LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Pharrell Williams, Clifford Harris Jr., Robin Thicke, and More Water from Nazareth Publishing Inc.
Edwin F. McPherson , McPherson Rane LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae 212 Songwriters, Composers, Musicians, and Producers.
Charles Duan , Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Public Knowledge.
Sean M. O'Connor , Lateef Mtima , and Steven D. Jamar , Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice Inc., Rockville, Maryland, for Amicus Curiae Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice; Musicians and Composers; and Law, Music, and Business Professors.
Bernard A. Burk , Director, Lawyering Skills Program, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas; Howard Barry Abrams , University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan; for Amici Curiae Musicologists.
Dissent by Judge Nguyen.
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
After a seven-day trial and two days of deliberation, a jury found that Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, and Clifford Harris, Jr.'s song "Blurred Lines," the world's best-selling single in 2013, infringed Frankie Christian Gaye, Nona Marvisa Gaye, and Marvin Gaye III's copyright in Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit...
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