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.

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 ...

concluding that the primary creators of 'Moana', John Musker and Ron Clements, had no knowledge of Buck Woodall's earlier work 'Bucky the Surfer Boy' while developing the 2016 film. The case ...

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 ...

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 ...

concluding that the team behind Moana never had access to Bucky the Surfer Boy, a project developed by writer and animator Buck Woodall. Since the jury found no evidence that Disney’s filmmakers ...

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 ...