Germany: Hanseatic Higher Regional Court upheld Hamburg Regional Court's judgment on lawfulness of use of photograph in AI training dataset
Description
Hanseatic Higher Regional Court upheld Hamburg Regional Court's judgment on lawfulness of use of photograph in AI training dataset
On 10 December 2025, the 5th Civil Senate of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court dismissed an appeal against a Hamburg Regional Court judgment, holding that the use of a photograph in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) training dataset by an associatio…
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