Earlier in the month, Marvin Gaye's family was awarded $7.4 million in a copyright infringement lawsuit regarding the Robin Thicke hit song "Blurred Lines." But as Yahoo reports, the legal battle is far from over as Thicke and "Blurred Lines" producer Pharrell Williams have indicated that they would be filing a motion for a new trial, describing last week's jury verdict as "inconsistent."

In an open letter obtained by TheWrap, the Gaye family expressed that the legal complications could have easily been avoided. As pointed out by the Yahoo report, Nona, Frankie, and Marvin Gaye III said had Thicke and Williams opted to license Gaye's 1997 song "Got to Give It Up," the would've been open for a discussion.

During the trial last week, the jury found that "Blurred Lines" infringed on "Got to Give It Up."

"Like most artists, they could have licensed and secured the song for appropriate usage; a simple procedure usually arranged in advance of the song's release. This did not happen. We would have welcomed a conversation with them before the release of their work," part of the open letter said.

The family also said that they were forced into taking legal action after a preemptive lawsuit from Thicke sought a ruling that "Blurred Lines" did not infringe on their father's song.

This set a series of legal machinations, which includes the Gaye family filing a motion requesting an injunction against the sale of "Blurred Lines" until an agreement can be reached for the use of "Got to Give It Up."

"As a matter of law, all members of the distribution chain are liable for copyright infringement, including co-writer of the song "Blurred Lines' Clifford Harris Jr. and the Interscope Parties, who manufactured, licensed, distributed, and sold the infringing song, both as a single and as part of the album "Blurred Lines,'" contended the Gaye family filing, who also expressed disappointment that rapper T.I. (who performed on the song), Star Trek Entertainment, Universal Music Distribution, UMG Recordings, and Interscope Records were not found liable in the verdict.