Ed Sheeran has won a copyright case over Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. These were the key moments in his trial

Ed Sheeran says the verdict means he is "not going to have to retire from my day job". (Reuters: Shannon Stapleton)

Ed Sheeran's 2014 hit Thinking Out Loud did not unlawfully copy Marvin Gaye's 1973 song Let's Get It On, a US jury has decided.

In the closely watched copyright lawsuit, the jury in the federal court in Manhattan determined the heirs of Let's Get It On songwriter Ed Townsend had not proven that Sheeran had infringed his copyright interest in the Gaye song.