On March 10, 2025, a federal jury delivered a verdict in favor of Disney in a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit.

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

A jury ruled in Disney's favor this week, citing that the megamedia giant did not steal a writer's idea for MOANA.

On Monday, a jury decided that MOANA was not copied from writer and animator Buck Woodall’s script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.

Animator Buck Woodall sued Disney in January and alleged that the company stole the idea for 'Moana' from a story he has been ...

LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana ... had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for ...

Disney has been cleared of copyright infringement in a lawsuit over the animated film ‘Moana’. The case represents one of ...

Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles jury on Monday finding for the House of Mouse in the animated franchise ...

A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was ... never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for “Bucky ...

A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man's claim that Disney's “Moana” was stolen from his ... creators of “Moana” never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall's outlines and ...

A Los Angeles jury decided on March 10, 2025, that Disney did not steal the idea for its 2016 animated movie Moana. The decision came after a two-week trial where Buck Woodall, a writer and ...