United Kingdom: Lawsuit concerning alleged unauthorised use of copyrighted works and trade marks in generative AI (Getty Images v Stability AI Limited/IL-2023-000007)
Progress
Current status
in force
04 Nov 2025 in force
16 Jan 2023 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
High Court ruled that Stability AI partially infringed Getty Images' trademarks
On 4 November 2025, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales ruled that Stability AI had partially infringed Getty Images’ ISTOCK and GETTY IMAGES trademarks. The Court found that synthetic watermark images produced by Stable Diffusion version…
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court
Getty Images and several of its related companies filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Justice in England and Wales against Stability AI Limited
On 16 January 2023, Getty Images and several of its related companies filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Justice in England and Wales against Stability AI Limited. The plaintiffs accuse Stability AI of using Getty’s copyright-protected images with…
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
announcement
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court