article_snippet: Not only did the "Blurred Lines" case go the distance, both sides brought esteemed entertainment litigators to convince the jury.
article_snippet: Then, there was the rare peek at "Blurred Lines" financial success as the Gaye family made the Gaye family case for damages.
article_snippet: The Gayes also wanted some of the $11 million in touring income attributable to "Blurred Lines" success as well as money for overhead costs and statutory damages for willful infringement.
article_snippet: All told, the Gaye family was seeking more than $25 million — a mammoth demand that would shatter the song plagiarism high-water mark of $5.4 million that a California court ordered Michael Bolton and Sony to pay two decades ago for infringing The Isley Brothers' "Love is a Wonderful Thing."
article_snippet: The two were only punished $9,375 for "Love After War," but it will be the multimillion dollar verdict regarding "Blurred Lines" that will sound out for ages.
highlights_snippet: A jury has awarded Marvin Gaye's family $7.4 million in the suit .
  
highlights_snippet: Marvin Gaye's family was seeking more than $25 million .
  