May 1, 2025
Disney seeks sanctions against plaintiff's counsel in 'Moana' lawsuit
Disney seeks $532,815 in sanctions against the plaintiff's attorneys, saying copyright claims against "Moana" were baseless
Robert Klieger
Following a successful infringement defense of Disney's "Moana," the company's home video branch accused the plaintiff's counsel of knowingly presenting bad faith misappropriation claims to a jury premised on baseless access theories that dragged the litigation for over five years.
Despite contentions from animator Buck Woodall that Disney stole his unproduced "Bucky the Surfer Boy" works to create "Moana," a federal jury in Los Angeles fo...
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