Disney Escapes Avengers Face-Tech Software Suit For Now, Again

Disney again escaped plaintiff’s claims that Avengers movies infringed facial capture software, but a federal judge will, for the second time, allow the plaintiff one last chance to fix the complaint.

Rearden LLC sufficiently alleged the software used by TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp.—formerly known as The Walt Disney Co.—to make Avengers: Infinity Wars and Avengers: Endgame infringed, but failed to show Disney should have known that, the US District Court for the Northern District of California said. Because the complaint cleared a new hurdle, Judge Jon S. Tigar granted Rearden “one more opportunity” despite a prior dismissal giving Rearden “one ...