Generative AI - The Limitations Explored

Introduction

As the use of generative AI tools becomes more widespread, for both lawyers and litigants in person, it is important to be aware of the limitations of such technology and the need to carefully check the outputs provided.

There is an increasing body of cases in the UK involving parties citing cases that don’t exist or putting forward quotes or propositions that have not originated from the cases they are attributed to.

This issue has most recently been dealt with in the context of trade mark proceedings in the Appointed Person decision of ProHealth.

This short webinar will review the current state of affairs, and focus on some of the issues specific to the Trade Mark Registry as a Tribunal (rather than a court).

It will also touch on the duties of both litigants in person and professional representatives (including solicitors, barristers and trade mark attorneys).

As the use of GenAI is only going to increase over time, it is important for those appearing before either the UKIPO or the Appointed Person to be away of their duties and obligations, as well as the potential sanctions they may face if they do rely on hallucinated content in a case.

The webinar is suitable for UK trade mark practitioners and those with clients or business operations in the UK.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Brief consideration of the potential issues in using GenAI in legal cases, including:
• hallucinated case citations
• case quotes that don’t exist
• incorrect propositions of law attributed to real cases
• Review of the Appointed Person decision in Pro Health, as well as brief consideration of recent non-IP cases involving GenAI hallucinations
• Sanctions available to the UKIPO and the Appointed Person in cases where material is fabricated, and how these differ to sanctions available to courts
• Consideration of regulatory duties for trade mark attorneys, as well as barristers and solicitors
• Consideration of the position for litigants in person
• Appointed Person’s proposed warning to parties regarding the use of Generative AI

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 11th May 2026

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