DE

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
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...
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...

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

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...
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.