A federal jury sided with Disney, swiftly rejecting a copyright lawsuit in which a writer accused the company of stealing his ideas for the animated hit Moana. Released in 2016, Disney's Moana ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. SAG-AFTRA files unfair ...

A jury on Monday sided with Disney in a copyright trial involving “Moana,” clearing the company of an infringement suit brought by a screenwriter. The plaintiff, Buck Woodall, filed suit in ...

A jury rejected Buck Woodall’s claim that Disney's "Moana" copied his story, "Bucky the Surfer Boy," ruling that Disney creators never had access to his work. Woodall’s lawyer argued that ...

Disney creators John Musker and Ron Clements say they never saw Woodall's materials. A separate suit filed over "Moana 2" is pending. A federal jury in Los Angeles on Monday quickly rejected a man ...

By Winston Cho A Los Angeles jury has found that Disney didn’t steal the idea for Moana from an animator’s story about the adventures of a young surfer in Hawaii. After deliberating for just ...

Both Moana films were huge hits at the global box office (Disney via AP) A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s Moana was stolen from his story of a young ...

This image released by Disney shows the character Moana, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, in a scene from "Moana 2." (Disney via AP) LOS ANGELES (CN) — Walt Disney Co. won the copyright infringement trial ...

Screenshot from Walt Disney's 2016 "Moana" animated movie. (YouTube via Courthouse News Service). LOS ANGELES (CN) — Trial began Tuesday over claims Walt Disney Co. stole the story of its 2016 ...