Disney has been cleared of copyright infringement in a lawsuit over the animated film ‘Moana’. The case represents one of several high-profile intellectual property disputes in the ...

A federal court in California has ruled in favor of Disney in a long-running copyright case over its hit animated film Moana.

A Los Angeles federal jury ruled on Monday that Disney did not steal the idea for ... Woodall’s original lawsuit, filed back in 2020, was deemed too late to earn a percentage of the $700 million ...

Disney has won a legal battle over the Moana franchise's alleged stolen intellectual property. The jury found creators John Musker & Ron Clements were unaware of the alleged source material.

Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles ...

Marshall, who is also overseeing the sequel lawsuit, said after the verdict that she agreed with the jurors' decision about access. This image released by Disney shows the character Moana ...

Mr Musker and Disney lawyers declined to comment. Moana earned nearly 700 million dollars (£541 million) at the global box office. A judge previously ruled that Mr Woodall’s 2020 lawsuit came ...

Lawyers for a New Mexico writer and animator will say at closing arguments at his federal trial in Los Angeles on Monday that his work was stolen to create the Walt Disney Co.'s 2016 hit about a ...

go back to Disney movies as early as 1940's "Pinocchio" and appear in all of Musker and Clements’ previous films. A judge previously ruled that Woodall’s 2020 lawsuit came too late for him to ...

RELATED: Disney sued for allegedly copying the idea for Moana and its sequel A judge previously ruled that Woodall’s 2020 lawsuit came too late for him to claim a piece of those receipts ...