Courts Searched — June 26, 2026

Run completed: June 26, 2026 | Posts published today: 7 | Sitemap total: 921 posts

Cases Published Today

Case Court Topic Date Decided
In re Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices — TTAB Rules Blue-and-White Stripes Are Common Frozen-Treat Decor TTAB Trademark June 25, 2026
Express Mobile v. GoDaddy — PTAB Leadership Panel Reinstates Patent, Citing $170M Jury Verdict PTAB Patent (IPR) June 26, 2026
W.R. Grace v. Elysium Health — Delaware Court Rejects Patent Unenforceability Defense After $3.6M Verdict D. Del. Patent (Utility) June 26, 2026
House v. NCAA — Magistrate Upholds College Sports Commission Oversight of Multimedia Rights NIL Deals N.D. Cal. Right of Publicity / NIL June 26, 2026
Google v. Outsider Enterprise — Judge Blocks AI-Powered Chinese Phishing Ring From Using Google Gemini S.D.N.Y. Trademark / AI June 26, 2026
Light & Wonder v. Evolution Malta — PTAB Director Squires Vacates IPR Institution, Sets 30-Day Director Review Window PTAB Patent (Utility) June 22, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery v. Nokia — UK Court Orders Interim RAND Payments for Streaming Video Codec Patents UK Patents Court Patent / SEPs / FRAND June 24, 2026

Federal Circuit Procedural Dispositions

Two Federal Circuit appeals were voluntarily dismissed on June 26, 2026 and added to the June 2026 dispositions page: CommScope Technologies LLC v. Belden Inc. (No. 25-1428, IPR2023-01056) and Power2B, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (No. 26-1654, IPR2021-01257). Both dismissed by joint stipulation.

Courts Searched Today

Court / Jurisdiction Result
U.S. Federal Circuit 2 procedural dismissal orders on June 26; no substantive IP opinions on June 26. Prior-week opinions (Light & Wonder June 22, Ironburg v. Valve June 18) already covered.
PTAB Light & Wonder v. Evolution Malta (Director Review precedential, June 22) — published. Express Mobile v. GoDaddy PTAB leadership panel reversal (June 26) — published.
TTAB In re Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices (June 25) — published.
U.S. District Courts W.R. Grace v. Elysium Health (D. Del., June 26) — published. Google v. Outsider Enterprise TRO (S.D.N.Y., June 26) — published. House v. NCAA NIL magistrate order (N.D. Cal., June 26) — published.
U.S. Supreme Court No opinions on June 26. Hikma v. Amarin (June 4) already covered (post #1571).
State courts — California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida No IP/AI opinions identified.
UK Patents Court Warner Bros. Discovery v. Nokia (EWHC 1505 Pat, June 24) — published.
Canadian Federal Court No new decisions found. T-3756-25 (Canadian Linen v. Shah, 2026 FC 627) resolved on watchlist — decision 43 days old, not published.
Federal Court of Australia No IP opinions identified.
BGH (Germany) No patent/trademark/copyright decisions on June 26.
Cour de cassation (France) No IP decisions on June 26.
CJEU (EU Court of Justice) No IP judgments on June 26.
Unified Patent Court (UPC) No decisions on June 26.
EPO Boards of Appeal No decisions on June 26.
Other foreign courts (India, Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, Poland, Russia, Switzerland) No IP opinions identified for June 26, 2026.

Pipeline Notes

  • Engine ingestion: 23 sources processed. publish_pending found no pre-classified pending summaries — all cases processed manually this run.
  • Non-IP reclassification (Step 2.4): 22 recent non_ip cases reviewed; none reclassified as IP. Notable confirmations: all Federal Circuit cases on June 26 (JACKSON v. COLLINS, DE HART v. COLLINS, GREEN v. MSPB, PELLEGRINO v. US, SANDERS v. US) confirmed as non-IP (veterans, MSPB, Tucker Act). Norwich Pharmaceuticals v. Kennedy (DC Cir. 23-5311) confirmed as FDA/APA regulatory, not patent.
  • Email newsletter intake: 85 new messages processed; 1791 URL discoveries, 130 case mentions. Tier 1 leads reviewed (4 entries): CAFC orders 24-2330 (Eagle View settlement dismissal) and 25-1588 (GOTV v. Netflix PTAB dismissal) both confirmed procedural. No novel IP opinions in Tier 1 email batch beyond cases already covered.
  • Macek docket watcher: T-3756-25 (Canadian Linen v. Shah, 2026 FC 627, decided May 14) resolved without publication — decision 43 days old, outside 30-day window. Three remaining dockets (T-1728-26, T-2217-26, T-2225-26) not yet decided.
  • Commentary leads processed: 6 Law360 leads investigated. Published: Express Mobile v. GoDaddy (4294), TTAB blue-white stripes (4283), Elysium patent (4285), NIL ruling (4280), Google Outsider Enterprise (4292). Demoted: Norwich/FDA (4295), settlements (4289, 4279), personnel news (4287), commentary (4284, 4286, 4282, 4281, 4253).
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