The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry. The ...

The earliest depiction of Mickey Mouse, who first appeared publicly in the film short 'Steamboat Willie' in 1928, are now in ...

"Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop creations of characters like Darth Vader or Shrek run afoul of their IP.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims the AI company Midjourney generates images that “blatantly incorporate and copy” the movie studios’ famous characters.

Brandon Bauman, a top Hollywood dealmaker and chief strategy officer at Loti AI, examines the landmark lawsuit filed by ...

Disney and NBCU said that before they sued Midjourney, they asked the company “to stop its theft of their intellectual property” but that instead Midjourney “has continued to release new ...

S o Hollywood is finally making a move to try to protect intellectual property from generative AI. Disney and Universal have together filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, the company behind one of ...

In a move that could redefine the boundaries between generative AI (genAI) and intellectual property, Disney and Universal have joined forces to file a lawsuit against Midjourney, one of the world ...

Which brings us to 2026. And beyond. Because this lawsuit isn’t your standard intellectual-property dispute. It goes to the heart of what studios are — and what their owners ultimately want ...

The Walt Disney Co. has initiated legal proceedings against a Hong Kong jewellery company, accusing it of selling ...