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Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. VidAngel Inc.
Case Number:
2:16-cv-04109
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Firms
- Alexander Dubose
- Blecher Collins
- Call & Jensen
- DTO Law
- Morrison Foerster
- Munger Tolles
- Stris & Maher
- Waymaker LLP
Companies
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
- The Walt Disney Co.
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
- VidAngel Inc.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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August 03, 2020
Hollywood Studios Seek $6.4M Atty Fees For VidAngel IP Win
Disney and other Hollywood studios say VidAngel should pay $6.4 million in attorney fees after Munger Tolles & Olson LLP attorneys secured the studios a $62.4 million verdict in a long-running copyright suit over streamed films, claiming opposing counsel "made this litigation as difficult and costly as possible."
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March 13, 2020
VidAngel Unlikely To Escape $62.4M Disney Verdict
A California federal judge indicated on Friday that VidAngel is unlikely to overturn a jury's $62.4 million verdict in a copyright lawsuit brought by Disney and other major studios, hinting that if a jury wanted to use a "sledgehammer" to make a point, it could.
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November 19, 2019
Disney Fights To Keep $62.4M Jury Verdict Against VidAngel
Disney is urging a California federal court to leave in place a $62.4 million jury verdict it won in a copyright lawsuit against VidAngel, saying the now-bankrupt streaming service's bid for a new trial is "meritless" and should be denied.
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October 22, 2019
VidAngel Slams Disney Suit, $62.4M Jury Verdict As 'Farce'
VidAngel Inc. on Monday asked for a reduced judgment and a new trial in its battle with Walt Disney and other major studios, arguing the now-bankrupt streaming service was "forced to play its part in a farce" and the resulting $62.4 million jury verdict blatantly violates due process.
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September 06, 2019
VidAngel Banned From Streaming Cleaned-Up Disney Movies
A California federal judge has barred VidAngel Inc. from playing sanitized versions of movies by Walt Disney and other studios that sued the family-friendly streaming service into bankruptcy, rejecting its pleas the punishment was too harsh.
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July 29, 2019
VidAngel Fights Injunction After $62.4M Infringement Verdict
Bankrupt VidAngel Inc. is fighting back against a request by Walt Disney and other major entertainment studios for a permanent injunction that would prevent it from playing sanitized versions of their films, saying it had already changed its business model before that behavior led to a $62.4 million jury verdict.
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July 15, 2019
Disney Says $62M Trial Loss Won't Stop VidAngel's Piracy
Walt Disney and other major entertainment studios have urged a California federal judge to permanently block bankrupt VidAngel Inc. from ripping off the studios' content, arguing that the family-friendly streaming service can't afford to pay a $62.4 million jury verdict against it and its piracy efforts won't stop without an injunction.
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June 17, 2019
VidAngel Owes Studios $62M For Pirating Flicks, Jury Says
A California federal jury on Monday ordered VidAngel to pay Walt Disney and other Hollywood heavyweights $62 million for pirating hundreds of iconic films from DVDs and streaming them to customers, delivering a crushing blow to the family-friendly streaming service following a weeklong damages trial.
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June 13, 2019
VidAngel Undermined Studios' Licensing Deals, Jury Told
Walt Disney and other Hollywood heavyweights make hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing deals with streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, and family-friendly service VidAngel undermined those partnerships when it pirated films from DVDs to stream to its customers, a California federal jury heard Thursday.
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June 11, 2019
Hollywood Studios, VidAngel Face Off In $125M Damages Trial
Family-friendly streaming service VidAngel should pay the maximum legal penalty — an amount that could reach $125 million — for willfully infringing the copyrights of Walt Disney and other Hollywood heavyweights, the studios' attorney told a California federal jury during opening statements in a damages trial Tuesday.