A lawsuit contended that the 1971 mega-hit had plagiarised a riff from an instrumental work called Taurus, written by the band Spirit in 1967.
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones testified in the week-long trial to deny the claims.
The case was brought by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the late Randy Wolfe, who was Spirit's guitarist and composer of Taurus.
Mr Skidmore said the two bands toured together in 1968 and 1969 and this could have been when Page was inspired to write Stairway To Heaven.
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