IL-2023-000007 - [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)

Fecha: 04-Nov-2025

Stable Diffusion v2.x The Stability GitHub page for v2.x includes the following features

Stable Diffusion v2.x

The Stability GitHub page for v2.x includes the following features:

(i)

The requirements for downloading the Model are identified as either (a) an update to an existing latent diffusion environment, with instructions for running the appropriate code; or (b) for “more efficiency and speed” installation of the xformers library with guidance on installation.

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Mrs Justice Joanna Smith DBE INTRODUCTION
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
THE WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STABLE DIFFUSION v1.X
THE TRADE MARK INFRINGEMENT CLAIM
The Expert Evidence as to the scope for generation of watermarks*
Annex 8I
The Getty Watermark Experiments and Annex 8H
Re-worded prompts
Evidence of watermark* generation “in the wild”
Model v1.x
Models SD XL and v1.6
SECTION 10(1) INFRINGEMENT
Use of a Sign
Identity of Mark and Sign
Identity of goods or services
Getty Images Watermarks*
SECTION 10(2) INFRINGEMENT
SECTION 10(3) INFRINGEMENT
PASSING OFF
THE SECONDARY INFRINGEMENT CLAIM
COPYRIGHT SUBSISTENCE AND OWNERSHIP
THE LICENSING ISSUE
Sources of law
The interpretation of written contracts
REMAINING OUTSTANDING ISSUES
CONCLUSION
Appendix A Glossary of Terms
Appendix B
I shall address the following scenarios a consumer generating content through a locally downloaded copy of Stable Diffusion v2.0
Local Downloads via GitHub and Hugging Face
Stable Diffusion v2.x The Stability GitHub page for v2.x includes the following features
A General Disclaimer in the following terms
The “Use-based Restrictions” in Annex A are stated as follows
The model license is again stated to be subject to a CreativeML Open RAIL++- M License
DreamStudio (v.1.4 and 2.0)
Logging into the account, the user is again faced with a large stability.ai logo Conclusions