"The case concerned the training, development and deployment of Stability AI's "Stable Diffusion" generative AI model and, as one of the first and to date most high-profile intellectual property ( IP) infringement claims against an AI developer to make it all the way to trial in the UK courts, was originally envisaged as having potential to provide much-needed wide-ranging judicial guidance on the application of existing UK IP law in the field of AI."
"Primary Copyright Infringement: by close of evidence at the trial Getty had abandoned its key claims alleging that the training of Stability AI's "Stable Diffusion" AI model and certain of its outputs had infringed Getty UK copyright works and/or database rights. Key reasons for this decision on the part of Getty would appear to be relatively limited evidence of actual potentially infringing output coupled with an acknowledgement that the development and training of Stable Diffusion had not taken place in the UK."
On 4 November 2025 the UK High Court handed down judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI concerning training, development and deployment of the Stable Diffusion generative AI model. The case was among the first high‑profile UK IP infringement claims against an AI developer to reach trial and was expected to clarify application of existing UK IP law to AI. The judgment exceeds 200 pages and includes detailed witness and expert evidence. By close of evidence Getty had abandoned core claims that training and certain outputs infringed Getty's UK copyright and database rights. Getty withdrew due to limited evidence of potentially infringing output and because development and training occurred outside the UK. The Court therefore declined to rule on those primary infringement claims, leaving legal uncertainty.
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