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

"They tend to be headstrong and take action. That creates drama." Earlier Monday, Jenny Marchick, whom Woodall claims he shared the story with 20 years ago, testified that she was "100% certain" that ...

A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young ...

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 continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in ...

A jury in Los Angeles decided that the creators of Moana never had access to outlines or a script for a story about Bucky the ...

misappropriation and extensive exploitation of Woodall’s copyrighted materials” on part of former Mandeville Films ...

A jury has determined that Moana creators knew nothing about a fellow Hawaii set & Polynesian demigods featuring idea & did ...

A Los Angeles federal jury ruled on Monday that Disney did not steal the idea for its massive hit film “Moana” from animator ...