On Friday, Nov. 1, a federal appeals court ruled that Ed Sheeran did not infringe the copyright to Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic 'Let’s Get It On' with his song "Thinking Out Loud."

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ isn’t similar enough to Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ to enforce copyright protection, an appeals court rules. Ed Sheeran put to bed the copyright infringement lawsuit against his “Thinking Out Loud,

Second Circuit upholds district court’s ruling that Ed Sheeran’s song does not infringe Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On | Song’s four-chord progression is a common musical structure not eligible for copyright protection | Decision focuses on the sheet music filed with US Copyright Office, rather than the recording.

In a 2018 lawsuit that was dismissed, a company that owns the rights to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" claimed Ed Sheeran copied the song.

Ed Sheeran, along with Warner Music and Sony Music Publishing, successfully defended against a copyright lawsuit. A U.S. appeals court upheld a decision that his song 'Thinking Out Loud' did not infringe on Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'.

Ed Sheeran can finally put the plagiarism lawsuit alleging he copied a Marvin Gaye classic behind him now that he’s beat it, again, in Appeals Court. In the decision that was written by the judges panel,

Ed Sheeran has beaten a copyright appeal over his track ‘Thinking out Loud’ after the judges ruled that it shares only “fundamental musical building blocks” with Marvin Gaye's 'Let’s Get It On'.