Studios v. MiniMax (Hailuo)
Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery sued MiniMax, the Hailuo video maker, for copyright infringement in September 2025.
First major studio suit against a Chinese video-generation company, preceding the 2026 Seedance cease-and-desists. MiniMax listed in Hong Kong on 2026-01-09 despite the case.
- Date
- 2025-09
- Lab
- Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery / MiniMax
- Kind
- product
- Access
- app only
Single secondary source (Wikipedia, month-level). Not confirmed with a filing or press report.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniMax_(company)
- news.bloombergtax.com/ip-law/disney-universal-warner-bros-sue-chinese-ai-startup-minimax
- www.businessday.co.za/bd/companies/2025-09-16-top-hollywood-studios-sue-chinas-minimax-ove
This record was checked against its sources on 6 October 2026. How we check