JUDGE FURTHER BLURS LINES IN RULING

U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled on Tuesday that the Marvin Gaye family has “Got to Give Up” more than $2 million of the nearly $7.4 million it was awarded in the March jury trial for copyright infringement, Page Six reports. But 50% of future royalties on "Blurred Lines" will go to Gaye’s family, according to the judge’s ruling.

Kronstadt denied a request for a new trial from Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ lawyers, but also refused to issue an injunction requested by Gaye’s family that would have temporarily blocked sales and performances of “Blurred Lines.”

In the March trial the jury found that T.I., who’d received writing credit and a piece of the royalties, didn’t commit copyright infringement, but Kronstadt ruled Tuesday that other elements of the jury’s verdict mean he must be included in the judgment.

“Mr. Thicke and Williams and their legal team, among others, went on a public relations campaign after the jury’s verdict criticizing the verdict and saying the evidence did not support the finding of copyright infringement, and did not believe the decision on liability would therefore stand,” Gaye family attorney Richard Busch wrote in a statement. “The judge who actually heard all of the evidence disagreed. I am thrilled for the Gaye family, and the thoughtful members of the jury, who had to listen to all of that while remaining silent.”

Busch said he and his team were reviewing the ruling and would discuss options for how the reduction in the verdict would be handled.

Howard King, the lead attorney for Thicke and Williams, said he was still reviewing the ruling and had no immediate comment.