On 4 November 2025 the UK High Court
handed down its judgment in the case of
Getty Images (US) Inc (and others) v Stability
AI Limited [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch) [High
Court Judgment Template].
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, the case was
originally envisaged as having potential to provide muchneeded
wide-ranging judicial guidance on the application
of existing UK IP law in the field of AI. However, as the
case progressed and the scope of Getty’s claims gradually
reduced to a shadow of the original, it became apparent that
this judgment, whilst still of note in respect of a number of
key issues, would not be the silver bullet which many had
originally anticipated.
The Judgment in Brief
At over 200 pages (alongside an accompanying glossary of
key technical terms and appendix concerning the context in
which an average consumer would encounter certain Getty
registered trade marks) the judgment is long and complex,
including detailed discussion of the witness and expert
evidence which the Court considered before reaching its
findings.
