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Getty granted appeal bid in UK AI images dispute but costs mount

By Frank Hersey ( December 17, 2025, 15:37 GMT | Insight) -- Getty Images can appeal part of the recent UK ruling on its intellectual property dispute with Stability AI, the High Court has ruled, following up on Wednesday in a costs hearing by noting that Stability had been the overall winner of the case so far. Each party has so far spent over £7 million litigating claims by stock image library Getty over trademark and copyright infringement against Stability, developer of AI image-generation tools.Getty Images has been granted permission to appeal part of the recent UK court ruling on the stock image library's claims over trademark and copyright infringement against AI image-generation tool developer Stability AI....

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