Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 26, 2018
En banc review of 'Blurred Lines' case is warranted
In a split decision, the 9th Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment after a jury trial that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s song “Blurred Lines” infringed Marvin Gaye’s composition of the song “Got to Give It Up.”
Elliot N. Brown
Phillips ADR Enterprisescomplex litigation and intellectual property
Email: ebrown@phillipsadr.com
Harvard Univ Law School
Elliot Brown is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP where he specializes in complex litigation and a broad spectrum of intellectual property matters.
Moon Hee Lee
Associate
Durie Tangri LLP
Phone: (213) 443-3000
Email: moonheelee@quinnemanuel.com
Northwestern Univ SOL; Chicago IL
Moon focuses on intellectual property and entertainment litigation.
In a split decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment after a jury trial that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke's song "Blurred Lines" infringed Marvin Gaye's composition of the song "Got to Give It Up." Williams v. Gaye, 2018 DJDAR 2555 (March 21, 2018). On narrow procedural grounds that dictated a highly deferential standard of review, the panel affirmed the judgment of in...
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