Disney’s Copyright Suit Against Chinese AI Developer Advances; Bloomberg Law, May 23, 2026

 Laura D. Francis, Bloomberg Law; Disney’s Copyright Suit Against Chinese AI Developer Advances

"The Walt Disney Co. and other major movie studios will move forward with their copyright claims against the makers of the Hailuo AI program after a federal judge in California refused to toss the case.

Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros.—as well as their subsidiaries—convinced the US District Court for the Central District of California Friday that they made plausible claims that Hailuo AI’s ability to generate near-perfect likenesses of their well-known characters constituted both direct and secondary infringement."