Mealey's (May 5, 2017, 8:01 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Even though musicians Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke admit to being inspired by the “groove” and “feel” of a 1977 Marvin Gaye song when writing their 2013 hit song “Blurred Lines,” in an April 24 brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, they argue that a jury’s finding of copyright infringement was improperly based on noncopyrightable musical elements and not on the song’s lead sheet (Pharrell Williams, et al. v. Frankie Christian Gaye, et al., No. 15-56880, 16-55089 and 16-55626, 9th Cir.)....