Courts Searched — May 1, 2026

Daily Summary

Date: May 1, 2026
Cases published today: 4 new summaries
Cases already on site: 6 (duplicates caught by find-case endpoint)
Commentary leads processed: 50 (26 non-case items, 15 pending litigation, 4 non-decisions, 3 paywalled/needs investigation, 2 linked to existing posts)
Non-IP cases reviewed (Step 2.4): 17 (0 promoted to IP)
GovInfo cases triaged: 28 (11 non-IP, 9 non-IP docket entries, 8 marked for investigation)
Sitemap total: 664 posts

Published Today

Case Court Date Decided Topic
Samsung v. ZTE UK High Court, Patents Court May 1, 2026 FRAND/SEP ($392M balancing payment)
Q Technologies v. Walmart Federal Circuit Feb. 5, 2026 Patent §101 (content sharing)
Pelham II (C-590/23) CJEU Grand Chamber Apr. 14, 2026 Copyright (pastiche exception)
Centripetal Networks v. ITC Federal Circuit Apr. 23, 2026 ITC Section 337 (network security patents)

Already on Site (Confirmed Today)

Case Court Post
Whyte Monkee Productions v. Netflix Tenth Circuit Published
Wildseed Mobile v. Google Federal Circuit Published
Federal Express v. Qualcomm Federal Circuit Published
Doe v. Meta Platforms (Section 230) Ninth Circuit Published
Shenzhen Huajie v. Shenzhen Leyibei Seventh Circuit Published
VLSI v. Intel, Definitive v. Powerteq, Dometic v. ITC Federal Circuit Previously published

Federal Courts Searched

Court Source IP Opinions Found
U.S. Supreme Court us_scotus (engine) + web search None
Federal Circuit us_cafc (engine) + cafc.uscourts.gov + web search 2 voluntary dismissals (procedural); previously published opinions confirmed
First Circuit us_ca1 (engine) None (3 non-IP cases ingested)
Second Circuit us_ca2 (engine) None
Third Circuit us_ca3 (engine) None
Fourth Circuit us_ca4 (engine) None (1 non-IP FACE Act case)
Fifth Circuit us_ca5 (engine) None
Sixth Circuit us_ca6 (engine) None
Seventh Circuit us_ca7 (via commentary) Shenzhen Huajie (already published)
Eighth Circuit us_ca8 (engine) None
Ninth Circuit us_ca9 (engine) + web search Doe v. Meta (already published)
Tenth Circuit us_ca10 (via GovInfo) Whyte Monkee v. Netflix (already published)
Eleventh Circuit us_ca11 (engine) None
D.C. Circuit us_cadc (engine) None (2 non-IP cases)
PTAB Web search No confirmed new decisions
TTAB Law360 commentary 1 paywalled lead (Everwise Credit Union)
ITC Web search None new today
District Courts us_govinfo_uscourts (engine) 28 entries triaged; 8 potential IP entries under investigation

State Courts Searched

State courts searched today: California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida — no IP/AI opinions identified.

State Source Result
California us_state_ca + us_state_ca_appellate (engine) + web search 2 non-IP cases ingested; no IP opinions
Delaware us_state_de (engine) + web search Multiple non-IP corporate/domestic cases; no IP opinions
Texas us_state_tx (engine) + web search No IP opinions
Illinois us_state_il (engine) No IP opinions
New York Web search No IP opinions
Florida Web search No IP opinions

International Courts Searched

Court/Jurisdiction Result
UK High Court (Patents Court) Samsung v. ZTE FRAND ruling published
CJEU (EU) Pelham II pastiche ruling published (Apr 14)
UPC (Unified Patent Court) No decisions identified
EPO Boards of Appeal No decisions identified
Canada (Federal Court) ca_scc ingested; no IP opinions
Australia (Federal Court) No IP opinions identified
India (Delhi/Bombay High Court) No IP opinions identified
New Zealand (High Court) No IP opinions identified
Singapore No IP opinions identified
South Africa No IP opinions identified
Germany (BGH/BPatG) No IP opinions identified
France (Cour de cassation/TJ Paris) No IP opinions identified
Italy (Corte di Cassazione) No IP opinions identified
Spain (Tribunal Supremo) No IP opinions identified
Netherlands (Hoge Raad) No IP opinions identified
Switzerland (Bundesgericht) No IP opinions identified
Sweden (Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen) No IP opinions identified
Poland (Sąd Najwyższy) No IP opinions identified
Japan (IP High Court/JPO) No IP opinions identified
Korea (Supreme Court/Patent Court) No IP opinions identified
China (SPC/specialized IP courts) Hangzhou AI worker replacement ruling noted (labor law, not IP)
Brazil (STJ) No IP opinions identified
Mexico (Suprema Corte) No IP opinions identified
Russia (IP Court) No IP opinions identified

Commentary Sources Processed

  • Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog: 1 lead processed (Shenzhen Huajie — already published)
  • Law360 IP: 49 leads processed (26 non-case items, 15 pending litigation, 4 non-decisions, 3 paywalled leads for future investigation, 1 linked to existing post)
  • IPWatchdog: Searched; FedEx v. Qualcomm already covered
  • Patently-O: Searched; Samsung v. ZTE lead surfaced and published
  • Short Circuit (Reason/Volokh): Searched; Doe v. Meta already covered

Pipeline Statistics

  • Ingestion sources run: 23
  • Non-IP cases reviewed (Step 2.4): 17 cases, 0 promoted
  • Commentary leads triaged: 50
  • GovInfo entries triaged: 28
  • New posts published: 4
  • Duplicate detections: 6 (prevented re-analysis)
  • Paywalled leads deferred: 3 (TTAB Everwise, PTAB memory tech, winery trademark)
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