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LOS ANGELES — Put on your Arby's hat and kick off your weekend with a smile, because the family of the late Marvin Gaye, which just won a $7.4 million jury prize in the "Blurred Lines" case, cannot also come after Pharrell Williams' "Happy" money.
Despite several headlines suggesting the family was mulling legal action over perceived similarities between the Despicable Me 2 theme and Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar," they are not suing Williams, and they couldn't if they wanted to.
"Those reports are incorrect — the Gayes have no claim on 'Happy' and are not considering anything with respect to it," Richard Busch, who represents Nona and Frankie Gaye (and was lead litigator in the "Blurred Lines" case), told Mashable on Friday. Read more...
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