This month, after half a decade of litigation, the copyright infringement case against Disney over its beloved animated film Moana finally reached ...

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

(YouTube via Courthouse News Service). LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal jury will decide whether animator Buck Woodall proved Walt Disney Co. stole its 2016 blockbuster "Moana" from a pitch he created ...

A California jury has ruled that Disney’s ‘Moana’ did not steal ideas from animator Buck Woodall’s screenplay ‘Bucky’, which he claimed to have shared with an executive in the early 2000s.

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for “Bucky the ...

had no knowledge of Buck Woodall's earlier work 'Bucky the Surfer Boy' while developing the 2016 film. The case centered around allegations that Disney had lifted elements from Woodall's 'Bucky ...

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of Moana never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for Bucky the ...

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for ...