A court has rejected Chinese AI firm MiniMax's bid to dismiss Disney's copyright lawsuit over its generative AI system, allowing the case to proceed. The ruling signals that foreign AI developers face the same infringement exposure as U.S.-based labs when their models are alleged to reproduce protected characters or content.
For data and AI companies, it's another sign that courts are unwilling to short-circuit these disputes at the motion-to-dismiss stage, pushing litigation into costlier discovery and merits battles over training data.
China's MiniMax loses bid to end Disney copyright lawsuit over AI system
— Reuters
