March 04, 2026
Musician Ed Sheeran and a group of recording companies have asked a New York federal judge to dismiss a copyright suit claiming infringement of the Marvin Gaye song "Let's Get It On," saying the copyright registration was faulty because the holder was not one of the song's authors.
December 09, 2025
A Manhattan federal judge said Tuesday that she would allow Ed Sheeran to challenge the validity of a 2020 copyright on elements of the Marvin Gaye track "Let's Get It On" before the copyright holder is permitted to amend its suit alleging Sheeran's hit song "Thinking Out Loud" infringes it.
March 30, 2021
A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Ed Sheeran and Sony Music from an unusual lawsuit that claims his "Thinking Out Loud" infringed a newly secured sound recording copyright on Marvin Gaye's decades-old "Let's Get It On."
June 09, 2020
A company that's already suing Ed Sheeran for infringing Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" has filed a new, separate lawsuit in an unorthodox effort to avoid a recent adverse ruling.