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Oral Appellate Arguments in 'Blurred Lines' Copyright Case

By Scott Graham
November 02, 2017

Lawyers for Marvin Gaye's heirs and recording artists Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke were singing past each other in court in October. Milan Smith, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, repeatedly complimented opposing counsel Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Kathleen Sullivan and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer partner Lisa Blatt on the forcefulness of their arguments in a copyright infringement case that has lit up the music industry. See, http://lat.ms/2gvIplN.

But it wasn't clear which side was making the most headway with the appellate court. All three judges put the lawyers on the spot over various aspects of the $5 million jury verdict arising from the song “Blurred Lines.”

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