The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had ...

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

On Monday, a jury decided that MOANA was not copied from writer and animator Buck Woodall’s script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.

A jury ruled in Disney's favor this week, citing that the megamedia giant did not steal a writer's idea for MOANA.

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

A California federal jury said on Monday that Disney's hit film "Moana" did not infringe an artist's copyrights related to ...

To that, beginning in 2004 Woodall says he handed Jenny Marchick his copyright-protected Bucky the Surfer Boy trailer storyboards, “intellectual property and trade secrets” (including a 2011 ...

Woodall claims that Jenny Marchick, the stepsister of his brother's wife, orchestrated a scheme to steal his "Bucky" story to further her career in the movie business. According to Woodall, a native ...

"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 Los Angeles federal jury Monday rejected a writer-animator’s claim that the Walt Disney Co. lifted portions of his draft for a Polynesian-themed surfer story and used it for the 2016 animated ...

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