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Case chronology
Getty sues Stability in Delaware
Getty filed suit alleging unauthorized copying of images and metadata for Stable Diffusion.
Court provisionally denies defendant’s motion to dismiss
According to the company filing, the court denied the defendant’s motion without prejudice to renewal after jurisdictional discovery.
Getty voluntarily dismisses its Delaware case
A later court order records Getty’s voluntary dismissal without prejudice to refiling.
Getty refiles in the Northern District of California
Getty filed a complaint in the Northern District of California that same day under new case number 25-cv-06891-TLT.
California court partly grants and partly denies dismissal motion
The court dismissed the second cause of action concerning false copyright management information with leave to amend; the other claims challenged by this motion continued.
Research question
Distinguishes training materials, output watermarks, and different causes of action, while recording changes in litigation venue.
Related documents
DOC-0128Getty Images Holdings: 2025 Q1 Form 10-QDOC-0129Getty v. Stability, 25-cv-06891-TLT, ECF 53Sources
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · EN · 2026-04-23
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. “Getty Images v. Stability AI / U.S. proceedings and California refiling.” case-0087. Include this page’s URL and your access date when citing.