Individual Action
Disney & Universal v. Midjourney
DiscoveryNot a class action
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Marvel Characters, Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd., Universal City Studios Productions LLLP & DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. v. Midjourney, Inc.
Where it stands
In discovery through mid-2026, with the court in June–July 2026 rejecting most of Midjourney's demands for Disney's internal AI-development materials but granting limited access for its industry-practice and unclean-hands defenses.
The record
- Court
- C.D. Cal.
- Case number
- 2:25-cv-05275 (JAK-AJR)
- Filed
- 2025-06-11
- Defendants
- Midjourney, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Universal and DreamWorks studio entities — corporate plaintiffs, not a class
- Technology at issue
- Midjourney image and video generation service
- Relief sought
- Statutory damages for willful infringement and an injunction against generating outputs depicting the studios' characters
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Disney, NBC Universal, and DreamWorks File Major IP Lawsuit Against AI Image Generator MidjourneyGeorgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy · 2025-06-12
- AI Infringement Case Updates: June 29, 2026McKool Smith · 2026-06-29
- Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025)Chat GPT Is Eating the World · 2025-10-26
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