Chilly Moose Ltd. v Moosehead Breweries Limited

The Registrar reasoned that the Requesting Party's cumulative inaccuracies—including references to nonexistent exhibits and misquoted authorities—constituted unreasonable conduct that unduly complicated the proceeding and risked misleading the tribunal. The Registrar held that self-represented status does not excuse a failure to verify submissions, and that such conduct warrants an adverse costs award to compensate for the wasted time and resources of the Owner and the Registrar.

This case illustrates the accountability of pro se litigants for AI-assisted filings. It establishes that tribunals may impose significant adverse costs when parties fail to verify the accuracy of cited authorities and exhibits, regardless of whether the errors were intentional or the result of unverified AI output.