Disney Enterprises Inc. v. Midjourney Inc.
Summary
Disney and major studios sue Midjourney for copyright infringement over AI-generated images trained on copyrighted works.
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Coverage vs reality meter
Prior 120P · 92D · 191N→Recent 30d 1P · 0D · 0N
Latest ruling: plaintiff (2026-06-29)
Coverage breakdown — the headlines behind the meter
121 plaintiff-favorable · 92 defendant-favorable · 191 neutral
- Car Photography Company Sues Midjourney for Allegedly Copying Thousands of Its PhotosPetaPixel · 2026-08-05
- Midjourney wants to peek inside Hollywood’s AI closet, and studios are not having itCrypto Briefing · 2026-07-03
- Warner Bros. Joins Studios' AI Copyright Battle Against MidjourneyMSN · 2026-06-22
- Warner Bros. Joins Disney & Universal In AI Copyright Lawsuit Against MidjourneyMSN · 2026-05-26
- Midjourney Seeks To Narrow Disney AI Copyright ClaimsLaw360 · 2026-07-22
- Midjourney seeks to reveal studios' use of AI in copyright battleMSN · 2026-07-16
- Copyright Clash Twists as Midjourney Challenges Film Studios Over Internal AI ExploitationTelugu Times · 2026-07-16
- Why Midjourney wants Disney and other Hollywood studios to reveal their AI secretsMSN · 2026-07-13
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Jenner and Block LLPAndrew Gregory Sullivan, Andrew Jackson Thomas, David R. Singer +5 more
- Cooley LLPBobby A. Ghajar, John Paul Oleksiuk, Judd David Lauter +2 more
- CooleyEllie Rae Dupler
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Docket no.
- 2:25-cv-05275
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- John A. Kronstadt
- Filed
- 2025-06-11
- Last filing
- 2026-09-01
Cause
17:501 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
The Cartoon Network, Inc. Turner Entertainment Co. Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. DC Comics Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Midjourney Inc. DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. Universal City Studios Productions LLLP Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC MVL Film Finance LLC Marvel Characters Inc. Disney Enterprises Inc.
Docket entries
- #1152026-06-30
PROOF OF SERVICE filed by Defendant Midjourney Inc., re Sealed Declaration in SupportDeclaration, 114 served on June 30, 2026. (Lauter, Judd) (Entered: 06/30/2026)
- #1142026-06-30
SEALED DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION to file document Portions of Reply in Support of Motion to Compel Production of V8 Training Source Code and the "torch-aesthetic-redux" Repository and Supporting Documents under seal 106 filed by Defendant Midjourney Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Unredacted Document Exhibit 1, # 2 Unredacted Document Exhibit 2, # 3 Proposed Order)(Lauter, Judd) (Entered: 06/30/2026)
- #1132026-06-30
NOTICE of Intent to Request Redaction from Court Smart (CS), filed by Defendant Midjourney Inc., re Transcript 81 . (Lauter, Judd) (Entered: 06/30/2026)
- #1122026-06-29
NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION for Review of MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S ORDER PURSUANT TO FRCP 72(A) AND LOCAL RULE 72-2.1 re Order on Motion to Compel, 88 filed by Defendant Midjourney Inc.. Motion set for hearing on 8/17/2026 at 08:30 AM before Judge John A. Kronstadt. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of S. Schuyler, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Exhibit 4, # 6 Proposed Order) (Ghajar, Bobby) (Entered: 06/29/2026)
- #1112026-06-29
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' APPLICATION TO SEAL by Magistrate Judge A. Joel Richlin: granting 106 APPLICATION to Seal Document. The Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs' Application. The foregoingdocuments shall be sealed. (sh) (Entered: 06/29/2026)
- #1102026-06-27
PROOF OF SERVICE filed by Plaintiffs DC Comics, Disney Enterprises Inc., DreamWorks Animation L.L.C., Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, MVL Film Finance LLC, Marvel Characters Inc., The Cartoon Network, Inc., Turner Entertainment Co., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios Productions LLLP, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., re Sealed Declaration in SupportDeclaration,,,, 107 (Corrected) served on June 26, 2026. (Singer, David) (Entered: 06/27/2026)
- #1092026-06-27
REPLY filed by Consol Plaintiffs DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc., The Cartoon Network, Inc., Turner Entertainment Co., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Plaintiffs Disney Enterprises Inc., DreamWorks Animation L.L.C., Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, MVL Film Finance LLC, Marvel Characters Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios Productions LLLP to MOTION to Compel Production of v8 Training Source Code and the "torch-aesthetic-redux" Repository 87 (Attachments: # 1 Redacted Document Supplemental Declaration of Dr. Jonathan Krein, # 2 Supplemental Declaration of Kara V. Brandeisky in Support of Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion to Compel Production of V8 Training Source Code and the "torch-aesthetic-redux" Repository, # 3 Exhibit A to Supp. Brandeisky Declaration, # 4 Exhibit B to Supp. Brandeisky Declaration, # 5 Exhibit C to Supp. Brandeisky Declaration, # 6 Exhibit D to Supp. Brandeisky Declaration)(Singer, David) (Entered: 06/27/2026)
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