Germany
National Overview • 2 Cases • 0 Rules • 2 Incidents
I. Jurisprudence
| Date ↓ | Case Title | Summary | Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-25 | KG Berlin (DE) — automated filings criticised | In a regulatory-offence appeal context, the court criticised defence submissions as a meaninglessly automated form of litigation u... | Unknown / Not D... |
| 2025-07-02 | AG Köln (DE) — ai-generated fake citations admonished | In a family-law order, the court stated that certain 'prerequisites' attributed to a cited high-court decision were not contained ... | Unknown / Not D... |
II. Regulation
| Date ↓ | Regulation Title | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| No regulation records found. | |||
III. Incidents
| Date | Headline ↓ | Summary | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | German Government Proposes GDPR Reform for AI Responsibility Shift | The German Federal Government's 'Federal Modernization Agenda' suggests shifting data protection responsibility from users (lawyer... | Regulatory Acti... |
| 2026-01-09 | EPO expands AI-assisted drafting of oral-proceedings minutes across more divisions | The European Patent Office (EPO) publicly announced an expansion of its AI-assisted approach to drafting minutes of oral proceedin... | Regulatory Acti... |
Germany
Country Intelligence Report
I. Jurisprudence
| 2025-08-25 | KG Berlin (DE) — automated filings criticised In a regulatory-offence appeal context, the court criticised defence submissions as a meaninglessly automated form of litigation using irrelevant boilerplate and invented factual assertions.
The court... |
| 2025-07-02 | AG Köln (DE) — ai-generated fake citations admonished In a family-law order, the court stated that certain 'prerequisites' attributed to a cited high-court decision were not contained in that decision and were apparently generated by artificial intellige... |
II. Regulations
| No records. |
III. Incidents
| 2025-12-04 | German Government Proposes GDPR Reform for AI Responsibility Shift The German Federal Government's 'Federal Modernization Agenda' suggests shifting data protection responsibility from users (lawyers/firms) to AI manufacturers. |
| 2026-01-09 | EPO expands AI-assisted drafting of oral-proceedings minutes across more divisions The European Patent Office (EPO) publicly announced an expansion of its AI-assisted approach to drafting minutes of oral proceedings, building on a pilot that began in 2025. The EPO stated that AI sup... |