Animator Buck Woodall sued Disney in January and alleged that the company stole the idea for 'Moana' from a story he has been developing since the 2000s ...

Defense lawyer Moez Kaba said that the evidence shows overwhelmingly that “Moana” was clearly the creation and “crowning achievement” of the 40-year career of John Musker and Ron Clements, the writers ...

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

In testimony, Moana director and writer John Musker also denied accusations that he and longtime collaborator Ron Clements plagiarized Woodall's works. He stressed that the movie's story borrowed ...

While Disney seemed set for a lengthy legal battle with an animator, the recent jury verdict on the case could spell doom for any further suits.

The lawsuit was first filed in 2020, and Woodall was seeking $100 million in damages.A federal jury ruled in Disney's favor on Monday, delivering a swift verdict in a copyright lawsuit case in which a ...

Scrooge McDuck got another billion bucks shoveled into his money bin thanks to Moana 2 (now streaming on Disney+, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video), so what can Disney say except, ...

After a five-year legal battle, Disney has emerged victorious in a copyright trial concerning the origins of its hit animated film 'Moana.'According to Deadline, a Los Angeles jury, on Monday ruled in ...