Overview
- The High Court ruled that a diffusion model that does not store or reproduce original works is not an infringing copy, dismissing Getty’s secondary copyright claim.
- Getty secured a limited win on trademark where Getty and iStock watermarks appeared in some outputs, with responsibility placed on the model provider rather than users.
- Getty abandoned its main copyright claim mid‑trial after failing to show the model was trained in the UK, as Stability argued training occurred on external infrastructure such as AWS.
- Both companies claimed aspects of victory as legal experts and rights‑holders urged transparency requirements and potential legislative reform to address unresolved gaps.
- Getty said it will carry factual findings from the UK case into its ongoing U.S. lawsuit, with the judge noting her findings were extremely limited in scope.