The jury didn’t listen to Marvin Gaye’s recording; they listened to a new recording based on the sheet music for the song that was submitted for the copyright claim.
They stole the hook from Marvin’s song. It wasn’t just a bridge line.
That being said, how does one create anything without repeating what has been done before? DO I think that they intentionally ripped Marvin’s hook, hard to say. HAve to be there when it was written and/or produced.
I am getting pretty old now, the first time I heard Blurred Lines on the radio I thought it was catchy. I never thought in my head, when the music started, oh this is Marvin Gaye. I did not make that association.
Appeal.