9th Circuit Rejects Rehearing Request In ‘Blurred Lines’ Case

Mealey's (July 13, 2018, 10:01 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Efforts by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and others to overturn a March ruling that upheld a $5.3 million damage award for copyright infringement stemming from the hit song “Blurred Lines” failed July 11, when the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied panel and en banc rehearing (Pharrell Williams, et al. v. Frankie Christian Gaye, et al., No. 15-56880, 16-55089 and 16-55626, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 18954)....