Summary
- 3 new posts published covering Federal Circuit patent, district court copyright, and AI copyright discovery
- 16 non-IP cases reviewed from ingestion pipeline (all confirmed non-IP)
- Macek docket watcher: 4 unresolved Canadian Federal Court IP dockets checked — no new decisions
- Newsletter intake: Email JSONL processed; no new IP cases surfaced beyond those already published
- State courts searched: California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida — no IP/AI opinions identified
- Foreign courts searched: UK, Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, EU/CJEU, UPC, EPO, Germany (BGH/BPatG), France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Japan (IP High Court / JPO), Korea (Supreme Court / Patent Court), China (SPC and specialized IP courts), Brazil, Mexico, Russia — no IP/AI opinions identified
Today’s Published Summaries
- Boston Scientific Corp. v. Stryker Corp. — Federal Circuit (June 17, 2026) — Patent/Utility Patent — Federal Circuit affirmed denial of preliminary injunction against Stryker’s OptaBlate BVN spine device; substantial questions remain about whether the product’s access cannula meets the ‘166 patent’s “cancellous portion” placement requirement.
- Eight Mile Style v. Meta Platforms — E.D. Mich. (June 16, 2026) — Copyright — Direct copyright claim over 243 Eminem compositions stored in Meta’s music libraries survives dismissal; secondary liability theories (inducement, contributory, vicarious) dismissed, with the court applying the Supreme Court’s 2026 Cox v. Sony secondary-liability framework.
- Disney v. Midjourney — C.D. Cal. (June 16, 2026) — Copyright/AI — Magistrate Judge Richlin partially granted Midjourney’s motion to compel, requiring the studios to produce some data about their own AI use, while denying broader requests as irrelevant or work-product privileged.
Courts Searched
| Court / Jurisdiction | Result |
|---|---|
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 1 patent opinion published (Boston Scientific v. Stryker, nonprecedential) |
| U.S. Supreme Court | SCOTUS added 3 cases to 2026-27 docket (Genalo, Kian, Guerrero) — all non-IP |
| PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) | No new IP decisions identified for June 17 |
| ITC (U.S. International Trade Commission) | No new Section 337 determinations identified for June 17 |
| E.D. Michigan (Sixth Circuit) | 1 copyright opinion published (Eight Mile Style v. Meta) |
| C.D. California (Ninth Circuit) | 1 AI copyright discovery order published (Disney v. Midjourney) |
| 9th Circuit | LifeVoxel Virginia SPV v. LifeVoxel.AI: amicus-invitation order on SAFE Notes — not IP |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, D.C. Circuits | No new IP opinions identified |
| California State Courts | No IP/AI opinions identified (non-IP cases reviewed: Taduran v. Glidewell [employment], Sable Offshore v. Coastal Commission [regulatory], P. v. Brim [criminal]) |
| Delaware Courts | No IP opinions — cases reviewed were corporate governance, estate, and criminal matters |
| New York, Texas, Illinois, Florida State Courts | No IP/AI opinions identified |
| UK (IPEC / Patents Court) | No IP opinions identified |
| Canada (Federal Court / FCA) | Macek watchlist: T-1728-26 (Janssen), T-3756-25 (Canadian Linen), T-2217-26 (Pacific Smoke), T-2225-26 (Gavora) — all still pending. SURYA FOODS v. BHUPINDER DHANJU — no decision found. |
| EU / CJEU / UPC / EPO Boards of Appeal | No IP opinions identified |
| Germany (BGH / BPatG) | No IP opinions identified (BGH hearings scheduled for June 18 and 26) |
| France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland | No IP opinions identified |
| Japan (IP High Court / JPO), Korea (Supreme Court / Patent Court), China (SPC / specialized IP courts) | No IP opinions identified |
| Brazil, Mexico, Russia | No IP opinions identified |
| Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, South Africa | No IP opinions identified |
Pipeline Notes
- Ingestion pipeline ran across 23 sources;
publish_pendingreturned no pre-classified pending summaries - Law360 IP commentary leads processed: Boston Scientific/Stryker and Eight Mile Style/Meta leads linked to published posts; Disney/Midjourney, Scale Biosciences, and other commentary leads triaged (Scale Biosciences Law360 article referred to October 2025 ruling, not a new June 2026 decision)
- Email newsletter intake: 81 messages processed at 00:08 UTC; no new IP cases surfaced beyond those already published
- Macek docket watcher: 4 unresolved entries — no decisions issued as of June 17, 2026