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Disney Wins ‘Moana’ Copyright Trial, But $10B Sequel Suit Still Riding The Legal Waves, For Now
A jury has determined that Moana creators knew nothing about a fellow Hawaii set & Polynesian demigods featuring idea & did not rip it off
Like in the first case, which was filed in 2020 and still may be appealed I’m told, Woodall claims in beginning in 2004 he handed over his copyright protected Bucky the Surfer Boy t railer storyboards, “intellectual property and trade secrets” (including a 2011 finished script) to distant relative Jenny Marchick, then Mandeville Films director of development and based on the Disney lot. “The scheme started out as a plan by Marchick to support her thirst to gain success in her desired career in the movie industry, at all costs, by working with the Defendants to steal all the components of Plaintiffs Copyrighted Materials, as that term is defined in this Complaint.” No trial date has been set yet for the Moana 2 copyright infringement case, However, watch that docket, because you can be sure Disney is going to be asking Judge Consuelo B. Marshall to toss the whole thing out sooner rather than later based on today’s outcome.
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