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

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

The Walt Disney Company nor NBC Universal ... storyboards and a draft script, of which he provided. According to the lawsuit, Marchick told Woodall on the "eve of the release of 'Moana'" that ...

The two properties “involve a main character who encounters a demigod with a giant hook and tattoos”, the lawsuit claims. In ...