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Disney v. MiniMax copyright case

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Defendants

Disney, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery allege Chinese AI company MiniMax built its Hailuo video generator on their films and outputs their characters.

The case

Court
US District Court, Central District of California
Docket
2:25-cv-08768
Filed
Sep 16, 2025
Status
Active

History

2 dated entries
RulingMay 22 · 6mo agoORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO DISMISS [DKT. NOS. 34, 35 ] by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, JrSource
FilingSep 16, 2025 · 14mo agoComplaint filed: Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. MinimaxSource
CopyrightActiveDec 14 · in 35dDow Jones sued v. PerplexityThe Wall Street Journal and New York Post publishers say Perplexity copies their articles to answer questions.Telephone conferenceS.D. N.Y.filed Oct 2024CopyrightActiveUnverifiedDec 17 · in 38dCarreyrou sued v. Anthropic PBCSued for copyright infringement.Motion to dismiss hearingN.D. Cal.filed Dec 2025CopyrightActiveJan 12, 2027 · in 64dJamendo sued v. NVIDIAJamendo alleges NVIDIA used its music catalog to train audio AI models without permission.Initial case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Jun 2026CopyrightActiveJul 26, 2027 · in 9moHendrix sued v. AppleAuthors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson allege Apple trained its OpenELM and Apple Intelligence models on pirated books from the Books3 dataset; later consolidated with Martinez-Conde and Alexander v. Apple.Further case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Sep 2025CopyrightActiveAug 31, 2027 · in 10moGetty Images sued v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.)Getty refiled its US copyright and trademark claims over Stable Diffusion training in California after its Delaware case stalled on jurisdiction.Dispositive motion hearingN.D. Cal.filed Aug 2025CopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Dow Jones & Company, Inc. sued v. Bradstreet & Company, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.S.D. OhioCopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Elsevier Inc. sued v. Meta Platforms, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.N.D. Cal.CopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026UMG Recordings sued v. Suno (II)A second label suit against Suno covering about 60,000 additional works, filed parallel to the original 2024 case.D. Mass.
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Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Minimax

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