In October 2026, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks released the Draft Guidelines on Use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in Proceedings before the Trade Marks Registry (“Draft Guidelines”). The Draft Guidelines were prepared pursuant to the High Court of Delhi’s order in Stryten Energy LLC v Nidhi Agarwal & Ors., and were framed to check the use, abuse, and misuse of AI - generated pleadings and representations that have resulted in false, fake, and non - existent case law being cited in proceedings before the Registrar of Trade Marks. This brief summarizes the provisions of the Draft Guidelines.