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JP Morgan has to pay advancement of legal fees incurred by Charlie Javice. Does ruling cast Nanoble’s indemnity claim v. Disney in a new light?
Read more: JP Morgan has to pay advancement of legal fees incurred by Charlie Javice. Does ruling cast Nanoble’s indemnity claim v. Disney in a new light?Charlie Javice, the then-29-year-old founder of the startup Frank later acquired by JP Morgan, has already been convicted of three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud back in 2025. The fraud stemmed from inflated user numbers for the website service for student loan applications that were touted by her during…
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Disney seeks to invalidate Hailuo AI’s Terms of Use in Disney’s Answer to Nanoble’s counterclaim that Disney violated Terms of Use
Read more: Disney seeks to invalidate Hailuo AI’s Terms of Use in Disney’s Answer to Nanoble’s counterclaim that Disney violated Terms of UseThe chess match continues. Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers filed their answer to the counterclaims raised by defendant Nanoble, provider of Hailuo AI generator. Nanoble’s Counterclaims v. Movie Studios Nanoble filed a counterclaim against the movie studios alleging that they violated the Terms of Use of Hailuo AI in generating the allegedly infringing…
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Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.
Read more: Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.Is turnabout fair play? Defendant Nanoble must think so. In answering the copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers against Nanoble and other companies associated with the Hailuo AI generator, Nanoble has filed two counterclaims against the movie studios. Yes, Nanoble is suing the movie studios, which are suing Nanoble for…
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In MiniMax suit, Nanoble moves to dismiss Disney’s copyright claims, citing lack of direct infringement and no contributory infringement under Supreme Court’s decision in Cox
Read more: In MiniMax suit, Nanoble moves to dismiss Disney’s copyright claims, citing lack of direct infringement and no contributory infringement under Supreme Court’s decision in CoxDefendant Nanoble in Disney v. MiniMax has filed two motions to dismiss: one based on lack of personal jurisdiction (12(b)(2)) and the other based on failure to state a claim for relief (12(b)(3)). The latter motion offers various grounds to dismiss the complaint of Disney, summarized as follows: Nanoble’s citation of the Supreme Court’s recent…
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Disney v. Minimax case marches on as Disney served Quinn Emanuel attorneys representing Defendants in China, Singapore
Read more: Disney v. Minimax case marches on as Disney served Quinn Emanuel attorneys representing Defendants in China, SingaporeWell, it looks like companies based in China can be sued for alleged copyright infringement in the United States after all. Quinn Emanuel attorneys, representing Chinese companies Minimax, and Shanghai Xiyu Jizhi Technology, and a Singaporean company Nanonoble Ptd., filed a Stipulation that proposes to treat the service of the complaint on Quinn Emanuel as…
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Hollywood studios roiled by Seedance AI video pitting Brad Pitt v. Tom Cruise
Read more: Hollywood studios roiled by Seedance AI video pitting Brad Pitt v. Tom CruiseSimilar to what happened when Midjourney released its new video generator that enabled users to create videos with Hollywood studios’ animated characters, the video generator Seedance, owned by Chinese-based Bytedance, has roiled Hollywood studios. The AI-generated video that caused the greatest uproar was one pitting Brad Pitt against Tom Cruise: Disney swiftly sent a cease-and-desist…
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Disney seeking service of complaint v. China-based MiniMax via Hague Convention
Read more: Disney seeking service of complaint v. China-based MiniMax via Hague ConventionDisney’s lawsuit against MiniMax, a China-based AI company, has not gotten off the ground. Disney is seeking to serve the complaint on MiniMax via the Hague Convention. Judge Blumenfeld, Jr., set May 8, 2026 for a status conference:
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Disney says lack of service of complaint on foreign parties does not require dismissal in Minimax case
Read more: Disney says lack of service of complaint on foreign parties does not require dismissal in Minimax caseDisney filed its response to Judge Blumenfeld’s order to show cause on why the case against Minimax and other Chinese and Singaporean companies should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution. Disney has failed to serve the complaint on any of the defendants. But Disney says such failure does not require a dismissal under the…
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Judge Blumenfeld orders Disney to show cause why its case v. Minimax should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution. Whoa.
Read more: Judge Blumenfeld orders Disney to show cause why its case v. Minimax should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution. Whoa.ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE LACK OF PROSECUTION by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr.: More than 90 days have passed, and Plaintiffs have not filed proof of service. Plaintiffs are ordered to show cause, in writing, no later than 12/29/2025, why this action should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution. Failure to timely respond to…
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Disney strikes deal with OpenAI, including $1B stake in OpenAI and licensing of Disney characters in Sora videos
Read more: Disney strikes deal with OpenAI, including $1B stake in OpenAI and licensing of Disney characters in Sora videosFrom OpenAI’s press release: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI have reached an agreement for Disney to become the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI’s short-form generative AI video platform, bringing these leaders in creativity and innovation together to unlock new possibilities in imaginative storytelling. As part of this new, three-year licensing agreement,…