Courts Searched — April 19, 2026

Daily Summary

Today is Sunday, April 19, 2026. Courts do not typically issue opinions on weekends. This run processed cases from the prior business week (April 14–18) that had not yet been published.

Metric Count
New case summaries published today 3
Cases added to dispositions page 2
Database IP cases reviewed (unpublished) 37
Database non_ip cases re-classified 0 (none pending review)
Cases skipped (procedural/non-substantive) 34
Total posts in sitemap 35

Cases Published Today

  1. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor v. Force MOS Technology — N.D. Cal. patent summary judgment; “and” means “and” in MOSFET patent claim (Apr. 13, 2026)
  2. Humane World v. American Humane Association — D.D.C. trademark motion to dismiss; declaratory judgment counterclaims over “humane society” term survive (Apr. 13, 2026)
  3. Riken Technos v. JPO — Japan IP High Court revives transparent projection screen patent, faults JPO obviousness logic (Apr. 17, 2026)

Dispositions Added

  • In re Cobra Golf Inc. (25-1144) — Rule 36 Judgment (Apr. 15, 2026)
  • MSN Laboratories v. Bausch Health Ireland (26-1595) — Dismissal Order (Apr. 14, 2026)

Federal Courts Searched

Court Source Status IP Opinions Found
U.S. Supreme Court Ingestion pipeline (us_scotus) + web search Searched None (Apr. 14–19)
Federal Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_cafc) + web search + Fed Circuit Blog Searched Already published: Int’l Medical Devices v. Cornell (Apr. 17), Teva v. Eli Lilly (Apr. 16), VLSI v. Intel (Apr. 14), Definitive v. PowerTEQ (Apr. 14), FullView v. Polycom (Apr. 16)
1st Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca1) Searched None
2nd Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca2) Searched None
3rd Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca3) Searched Already published: J&J v. Samsung Bioepis (Apr. 14)
4th Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca4) Searched None
5th Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca5) Searched None
6th Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca6) Searched None
8th Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca8) Searched Already published: Ragan v. Berkshire Hathaway (Apr. 15)
9th Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca9) Searched None
10th Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca10) Searched None
11th Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_ca11) Searched Already published: Frida Kahlo v. Pinedo (Apr. 17)
D.C. Circuit Ingestion pipeline (us_cadc) Searched None
PTAB Web search Searched Already published: Canadian Solar v. Trina Solar (Apr. 17), MRI v. Squires (Apr. 15), AG 18 v. DK Crown (Apr. 15)
ITC Web search Searched None (Apr. 14–19)
District Courts Ingestion pipeline (govinfo) + CourtListener Searched Published today: Alpha & Omega v. Force MOS (N.D. Cal., Apr. 13), Humane World v. American Humane (D.D.C., Apr. 13). Previously published: Atlantic Recording v. Anna’s Archive, Oracle v. Doe, MCP IP v. Ravin Crossbows, K.Mizra v. Nokia, others.

State Courts Searched

State courts searched today: California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida — no IP/AI opinions identified for April 14–19, 2026.

State Courts Checked IP Opinions Found
California Supreme Court, Court of Appeal None
New York Court of Appeals, Supreme Court None
Texas Supreme Court None
Delaware Supreme Court, Chancery Court None (Maric Healthcare v. Ramirez-Groothuis reviewed — noncompete case, not IP)
Illinois Supreme Court None
Florida Supreme Court None

Foreign Courts Searched

Foreign courts searched today: UK, EU/CJEU, EPO, Canada, Australia, Japan, UPC.

Jurisdiction Court(s) IP Opinions Found
Japan IP High Court Published today: Riken Technos v. JPO (Apr. 17). Previously published: Broad Institute v. JPO (Apr. 14).
EU CJEU Previously published: CG & YN v. Pelham GmbH (Pelham II) (Apr. 14)
UK Patents Court, IPEC None (Apr. 14–19)
EPO Boards of Appeal None identified
Canada Federal Court None (Apr. 14–19)
Australia Federal Court None (Apr. 14–19)
UPC Various divisions Establishment Labs v. GC Aesthetics (Apr. 14) — procedural discovery order, not summarized

Sources Not Searched (disabled in pipeline)

The following sources are disabled in the ingestion pipeline configuration with notes about why. The daily web search (Step 3) compensates where possible.

Source Reason Disabled
us_ca7 (7th Circuit) Opinions page structure changed; parser needs update
Various state courts Anti-bot blocks or missing API tokens

Second Pipeline Run (Evening)

A second automated pipeline run was performed later on April 19, 2026. Results: 20 sources re-ingested; 0 new pending summaries found; 0 new posts published. Sitemap verified: 35 posts. Cache flushed.

Notes

  • Today is Sunday — no new opinions expected from U.S. courts.
  • All Federal Circuit opinions from the week of April 14–18 have been published or logged to the dispositions page.
  • 37 govinfo IP-classified cases were reviewed; most were procedural filings (complaints, scheduling orders, TROs, subpoena enforcement). Two substantive opinions were identified and published.
  • No non_ip cases were pending re-classification review today.
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