Courts Searched — May 18, 2026

Daily Summary — May 18, 2026

5 new case summaries published today. Three Supreme Court cert denials from today’s order list, one trademark sanctions order, and one precedential USPTO Director IPR decision.

Cases Published Today

Case Court Date Topic
USAA v. PNC Bank Supreme Court (cert denied) May 18, 2026 Patent §101 / Alice
CAO Lighting v. Wolfspeed Supreme Court (cert denied) May 18, 2026 Rule 36 / Loper Bright
Rideshare Displays v. Lyft Supreme Court (cert denied) May 18, 2026 Patent §101 / PTAB Amendments
LegalForce v. MH Sub I N.D. California May 13, 2026 Trademark / Exceptional Case Fees
Magnolia Medical v. Kurin USPTO Director Review May 14, 2026 IPR Institution / Director Discretion

Cases Skipped (Already Published)

Case Existing Post Reason
mCom IP v. City National Bank Post #1364 Already published
Actelion v. Mylan Post #1345 Already published
Vedros v. Sterling Group Post #1366 Already published
Bissell v. ITC Post #1309 Already published
Meta v. AGCOM (CJEU) Post #1339 Already published

Ingestion Pipeline

  • 23 sources ingested successfully
  • 9 non-IP cases reviewed and confirmed non-IP (Step 2.4)
  • 1 Federal Circuit procedural order (VidStream v. Twitter) linked to monthly dispositions page
  • 50+ Law360/Goldman commentary leads triaged
  • Newsletter intake: 10 new URL discoveries, 8 case mentions — all either already published or non-actionable (Patently-O analysis pieces)
  • Macek docket watcher: 4 entries checked — all still pending, no decisions issued

Courts Searched

Court/Source Results
Supreme Court (SCOTUS order list) 3 IP-related cert denials published
Federal Circuit 1 procedural order (VidStream v. Twitter — dismissal, linked to dispositions); precedential opinions from May 11-15 already published in prior runs
PTAB / USPTO Director 1 precedential Director decision published (Magnolia v. Kurin)
District Courts (via GovInfo) 24 cases triaged — 2 misclassified (not IP), 16 procedural-only, 3 stale decisions, 2 low-priority, 1 copyright case already published
ITC Searched — Bissell v. ITC already published in prior run
State Courts (CA, NY, TX, DE, IL, FL) Searched — no IP/AI opinions identified today
UK Courts (Patents Court, IPEC) Searched — Samsung v. ZTE FRAND ruling (May 1) identified but falls outside daily window
Canadian Courts (FC, FCA) Searched — no new decisions; 4 Macek watchlist cases still pending
Australian Courts (Federal Court) Searched — Deakin v. Macreadie (May 11) identified but outside daily window
EU Courts (CJEU) Meta v. AGCOM already published in prior run
UPC Searched — EOFlow v. Insulet (March 18) identified but outside daily window
EPO Boards of Appeal Searched — no new decisions identified
Germany (BGH, BPatG) Searched — OBI orange color trademark case pending (oral hearing May 7, judgment reserved); BGH FRAND case from Jan 27 outside window
France (Cour de cassation) Searched — no IP decisions identified today
Japan (IP High Court, JPO) Searched — no decisions identified today
Korea (Supreme Court, Patent Court) Searched — trademark reform decision from Feb 26 outside window
China (SPC, specialized IP courts) Searched — SPC punitive damages interpretation effective May 1 identified but outside daily window
Other international (India, NZ, Singapore, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Brazil, Mexico, Russia) Searched — no IP decisions identified today
Commentary sources (Law360 IP, Eric Goldman, IPWatchdog, Patently-O) Processed — 50+ leads triaged
Newsletter intake (IMAP) 41 new messages processed, 10 URL discoveries, 8 case mentions
CourtListener Searched — returned 403 error on date-filtered query
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