Summary
4 new case summaries published today (2 additional drafts detected as duplicates and shelved). 20 non-IP cases reviewed and classified. 23 ingestion sources queried. Email newsletter intake processed 41 new messages yielding 225 URL discoveries and 93 case mentions. 4 Canadian Federal Court docket watchlist entries checked — all still pending.
Cases Published Today
| Case | Court | Topic | Date Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University v. Gen Digital (Norton) | Federal Circuit | Patent §101 Eligibility | Mar. 11, 2026 (en banc denied May 14) |
| AMD v. XtreamEdge — PTAB Sotera Termination | PTAB | Patent (IPR Procedure) | May 12, 2026 |
| AbbVie v. BeiGene — Trade Secret (BTK Degrader) | N.D. Illinois | Trade Secret (DTSA) | May 12, 2026 |
| Oldnar Corp. v. Sanyo North America — $1 Damages | Sixth Circuit | Trade Secret / IP Misuse | May 12, 2026 |
Cases Linked to Existing Coverage
- Actelion v. Mylan (Fed. Cir., May 13) — already published as post #1345
- Universal Electronics v. Roku (Fed. Cir., May 13) — already published as post #1347
- Seoul Semiconductor v. Finelite (Fed. Cir., May 13) — already published as post #1346
- Spero v. Mercedes-Benz USA (Fed. Cir., May 14) — Rule 36 summary affirmance, added to May 2026 dispositions page
- Spero v. Volkswagen Group (Fed. Cir., May 14) — dismissed as moot (companion to Mercedes), added to dispositions page
Federal Courts Searched
| Court / Source | IP Opinions Found |
|---|---|
| U.S. Supreme Court | No IP opinions issued today |
| Federal Circuit | 2 IP dispositions (Spero v. Mercedes Rule 36, Spero v. VW moot); 3 non-IP opinions (Global K9, Dillon Trust, Tavakkol) |
| PTAB / USPTO Director Review | AMD v. XtreamEdge Sotera termination (published) |
| ITC | Infineon v. Innoscience (May 7, already covered) |
| All 13 Circuit Courts (1st–11th, D.C., Federal) | Ingested via us_ca1–us_cafc sources and GovInfo aggregator |
| District Courts (nationwide via GovInfo) | AbbVie v. BeiGene published; several procedural filings triaged as non-publishable |
State Courts Searched
California (Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal), New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida — no IP/AI opinions identified today. 7 California appellate opinions reviewed (all non-IP: housing, criminal, insurance, land use, data privacy). 4 Delaware opinions reviewed (all non-IP: construction, criminal, mandamus, debt collection).
Foreign Courts Searched
UK (Patents Court, IPEC), Canada (Federal Court, FCA), Australia (Federal Court), New Zealand, Singapore, India (Delhi HC, Bombay HC), South Africa, EU/CJEU, UPC, EPO Boards of Appeal, Germany (BGH, BPatG), France (Cour de cassation, TJ Paris), Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Japan (IP High Court, JPO), Korea (Supreme Court, Patent Court), China (SPC, specialized IP courts), Brazil, Mexico, Russia — no new IP/AI opinions identified for today (May 14, 2026).
Recent foreign decisions noted for prior days: Canadian FCA Therme v. Nordik Spa trademark (May 5, already published); CJEU Meta Platforms Ireland (May 12); UPC Düsseldorf provisional measures (May 8); French Cour de cassation IP decisions (May 6); Indian Bombay HC patent reconsideration (May 4).
Macek Docket Watcher (Canadian Federal Court)
4 unresolved entries checked — all still pending: Janssen v. AG Canada (T-1728-26), Canadian Linen v. Shah (T-3756-25), Pacific Smoke v. GCore Canada, Gavora v. Naughty Ventures. No decisions found in web searches.
Commentary / Newsletter Sources Processed
- Law360 IP RSS: 50 headlines triaged (2 linked to published cases, 14 marked non-case, remaining reviewed/deferred)
- Email newsletter intake: 41 new messages processed from CourtListener alerts, SCOTUSblog, Law360, Justia digests, IPPractice.ca
- Eric Goldman blog: no new commentary leads in queue
Pipeline Notes
- IONOS disk quota exceeded — PDF uploads to WordPress media library are failing. Opinion PDFs are linked externally (CAFC, CourtListener) via shortcode instead.
- find-case endpoint gap — Two cases (Infineon v. Innoscience, Bissell v. ITC/Tineco) were published as duplicates because the find-case endpoint did not match against existing posts with slightly different case caption formatting. Duplicates were caught post-publication and moved to draft. Case key normalization for ITC-style captions may need attention.