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7 November 2025NewsAIMuireann Bolger

Trademark exposure: Getty ruling signals new risks for AI developers

The decision didn’t resolve the big copyright questions, but a narrow trademark win for Getty offers important guidance for future AI-related disputes—and warns model developers to clean up their act.

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