Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. VidAngel Inc.
Summary
Disney, Warner Bros., Fox, Lucasfilm, New Line, and Turner Entertainment sued VidAngel for copyright infringement. VidAngel allegedly infringed copyrights in major motion pictures owned by the studios. The case centers on whether VidAngel's service violated the studios' exclusive rights to their films.
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Counsel of record
- Munger Tolles and Olson LLPKelly M Klaus, Stephanie Goldfarb Herrera
- Kibler Fowler and Cave LLPRowley Rice
- Waymaker LLPBrian T Grace, Donald R Pepperman, Jaime W. Marquart +2 more
- Stris and Maher LLPBrendan Stephen Maher, Elizabeth Rogers Brannen, Peter K. Stris
- Call and Jensen APCMark L Eisenhut, Samuel G. Brooks
- Blecher Collins Pepperman and Joye PCMaxwell M Blecher, Taylor Chase-Wagniere
- Alexander Dubose and Jefferson LLPDaniel L Geyser
- Dto LawWilliam A. Delgado
- Morgan PhilpotJ Morgan Philpot
- One LLPDavid W Quinto
- ADR Services, Inc.Gail M. Title
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Docket no.
- 2:16-cv-04109
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Andre Birotte Jr.
- Filed
- 2016-06-09
- Last filing
- 2020-10-26
- Terminated
- 2019-09-23
Cause
17:501 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Turner Entertainment Co (plaintiff) New Line Productions Inc (plaintiff) MVL Film Finance LLC (plaintiff) Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (plaintiff) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (plaintiff) Lucasfilm Ltd LLC (plaintiff) Disney Enterprises, Inc. (plaintiff) VidAngel Inc. (defendant) John Hostettler (defendant) Spencer Bachus (defendant) Does (counter defendant) Gail M. Title (mediator (adr panel))
Docket entries
- 2020-04-30
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2020-03-12
Text Only Scheduling Notice
- 2020-01-16
Text Only Scheduling Notice
- 2019-12-04
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2019-10-24
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2019-08-22
Text Only Scheduling Notice
- 2019-08-15
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2019-07-17
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2019-06-03
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2019-05-06
Text Only Scheduling Notice
- 2019-04-30
Text Only Scheduling Notice
- 2019-04-18
Text Only Scheduling Notice
- 2019-04-18
Supplement re Discovery Matter
- 2019-04-18
Leave to File Document Under Seal
- 2019-04-16
Text Only Scheduling Notice
- 2019-03-05
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2016-12-22
Refund of Fees (G-124) - Issued
- 2016-12-13
Notice of Filing Transcript
- 2016-12-05
Generic Text Only Entry
- 2016-07-12
Counterclaim
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