Individual Action
Getty Images v. Stability AI (US)
Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI, Ltd., et al.
Where it stands
Getty voluntarily dismissed its original Delaware action (D. Del. 1:23-cv-00135) in August 2025 and refiled in N.D. Cal.; on April 23, 2026 the court denied Stability's motion to dismiss on all claims except the false-CMI count, which was dismissed for failure to plead intent to conceal infringement.
Key ruling
April 23, 2026 — the court sustained Getty's copyright, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, dilution and unfair-competition claims while dismissing the false-CMI claim for insufficiently pleaded intent.
The record
- Court
- N.D. Cal.
- Case number
- 3:25-cv-06891 (TLT)
- Filed
- 2025-08-14
- Defendants
- Stability AI, Ltd. · Stability AI, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Getty Images (US), Inc., a single stock-image licensor — corporate plaintiff, not a class
- Technology at issue
- Stable Diffusion
- Relief sought
- Statutory and actual damages plus an injunction against use of Getty's images and watermark-bearing outputs
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI, Ltd.Loeb & Loeb LLP · 2026-04-23
- Getty Images Voluntarily Dismisses AI Action to Re-File in N.D. Cal.IP/DE (Delaware IP Litigation Blog) · 2025-08-15
- Getty Images refiles lawsuit v. Stability AI in N.D. CaliforniaChat GPT Is Eating the World · 2025-08-17
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