Ed Sheeran’s Second ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Win Appealed to Justices

A company that owns one-ninth of the composition to Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” asked the US Supreme Court to revive claims Ed Sheeran’s hit 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud” infringes the 1973 soul classic.

Sheeran wrongly won because the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit abdicated its responsibility to decide novel legal questions by deferring to the US Copyright Office, Structured Asset Sales LLC said in its petition, which hasn’t yet been docketed by the high court. It argued the appellate decision flew in the face of the high court’s 2024 decision in Loper Bright ...