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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…

Scope

Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2023-01-16
under deliberation

On 16 January 2023, Getty Images and several of its related companies filed a lawsuit in the High C…

2025-11-04
in force

On 4 November 2025, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales ruled that Stability AI had part…