Justin Bieber and mentor Usher face $10 million copyright lawsuit for "Somebody to Love"

Justin Bieber and his mentor and collaborator Usher need somebody to defend them in a $10 million copyright lawsuit for their 2010 song "Somebody to Love."

The single off Bieber's album "My World 2.0" had been under contention previously in 2013 for baring notable similarities to another song by the same name off an album called "My Story II," but the case had been dismissed in 2014.

This week the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, voted unanimously to revive the 2013 lawsuit by singer De Rico and songwriter Mareio Overton against Usher and Bieber, Reuters reports. The previous court decision found that there were significant differences between the first "Somebody to Love" and Bieber's version, however, this time the court focused on the similarities between the two.

"After listening to the Copeland song and the Bieber and Usher songs as wholes, we conclude that their choruses are similar enough and also significant enough that a reasonable jury could find the songs intrinsically similar," Circuit Judge Pamela Harris wrote, via Reuters.

Copeland and Overton assert that they had gotten in contact with Usher's people regarding the potential violation, and allege that the R&B artist and others "conspired...to directly copy Plaintiffs' song 'Someobody to Love' intending to appropriate Plaintiffs' intellectual property as their own."

Usher, who is also Bieber's producer, ultimately gave the rights to the young star--which was released in 2010--and appeared on a remix of the record.