Overview

• Getty Images withdrew its primary copyright infringement allegations against Stability AI in London’s High Court, scaling back its challenge to the Stable Diffusion model.
• Getty’s lawyers said testimony revealed gaps in evidence tying model outputs to UK jurisdiction and proving substantial copying of its watermarked images.
• The lawsuit now focuses on trademark infringement, passing off and secondary copyright infringement tied to the AI outputs used in Britain.
• Stability AI welcomed Getty’s decision and argued the remaining charges lack merit since model training occurred on Amazon servers outside the UK.
• In a parallel US suit, Getty seeks damages for alleged unauthorized use of up to 12 million of its images, potentially claiming as much as $1.7 billion.