[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":28},["ShallowReactive",2],{"nr-en-getty-judge-interim-high-court-role-birss-replaces-vos":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"dek":6,"date":7,"time":8,"publishedAt":9,"updated":10,"updatedAt":10,"dateFmt":11,"updatedFmt":10,"kind":12,"tier":13,"author":14,"authorName":15,"topics":16,"tracker":21,"trackerLabel":22,"headlineStat":10,"image":23,"ogImage":24,"imageAlt":5,"csv":10,"minutes":25,"words":26,"html":27},"getty-judge-interim-high-court-role-birss-replaces-vos","Getty judge takes interim High Court role","Mrs Justice Joanna Smith, who decided Getty Images v Stability AI, becomes deputy president of the Business and Property Division, according to World IP Review. Sir Colin Birss succeeds Sir Geoffrey Vos as Master of the Rolls.","2026-10-31","07:06","2026-10-31T07:06:00+01:00","","October 31, 2026","news","standard","ideal-syka","Ideal Syka",[17,18,19,20],"Copyright","AI law","United Kingdom","Case law","\u002Ftools\u002Fki-rechtsprechungsmonitor","AI case-law monitor","\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fimg\u002Fgetty-judge-interim-high-court-role-birss-replaces-vos.webp","\u002Fog-nr\u002Fgetty-judge-interim-high-court-role-birss-replaces-vos.en.png",1,149,"\u003Cp>World IP Review reports that Mrs Justice Joanna Smith has been appointed deputy president of the Business and Property Division of the UK High Court. The judge decided the case Getty Images v Stability AI, among other notable cases, which is regarded as landmark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Change at the top\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>According to the same report, Sir Colin Birss takes over from Sir Geoffrey Vos as the new Master of the Rolls. The source describes both moves as part of a reshuffle; the available excerpt contains no further details on timing or background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Context\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>For companies, the personnel change mainly signals that responsibilities around the Getty proceedings have been redistributed. Whether and how this affects future AI copyright decisions cannot be substantiated from the source and remains open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Sources\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.worldipreview.com\u002Fcareers\u002Fgetty-judge-appointed-to-interim-high-court-role-as-birss-replaces-vos\">World IP Review\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Editorially owned by \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Fautor\u002Fideal-syka\">Ideal Syka\u003C\u002Fa>. Sources and method: \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Fredaktion\">Newsroom & method\u003C\u002Fa>. Tips and corrections: \u003Ca href=\"mailto:ai@i6eal.de\">ai@i6eal.de\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",1793431342860]