Daily IP/AI Case Scan for Monday, April 13, 2026
Summary: 50+ courts and databases searched, 0 substantive IP/AI opinions identified, 0 new summaries published. Three Federal Circuit Rule 36 judgments were issued today but contain no written reasoning to summarize.
Note: This scan was run in catch-up mode at ~7:30 PM PT rather than the scheduled 5:04 PM PT because Claude Desktop was not running at the scheduled time.
Summaries Published Today
None. No substantive IP/AI opinions were issued today from the courts and sources surveyed.
Previously Published This Week
- In re McFadden — Federal Circuit affirms Section 101 ineligibility for information exchange patent (Apr. 7, 2026)
- Fortress Iron v. Digger Specialties — Federal Circuit holds patents invalid when missing coinventor cannot be located (Apr. 2, 2026)
- ironSource v. Digital Turbine — Federal Circuit dismisses PTAB appeal for lack of standing after claim amendments (Apr. 7, 2026)
- Dometic Corp. v. ITC — Federal Circuit affirms ITC refusal to block marine air conditioner imports (Apr. 6, 2026)
- CFTC v. State of Arizona — Federal judge blocks Arizona criminal case against prediction market Kalshi (Apr. 10, 2026)
- Commonwealth v. Meta Platforms — Massachusetts Supreme Court rules Section 230 does not shield Instagram’s addictive design (Apr. 10, 2026)
- Universal Electronics v. Roku — Federal Circuit affirms PTAB invalidation of remote control patent (Apr. 10, 2026)
- DISH Network v. Fraifer — Eleventh Circuit affirms $600K copyright win over unauthorized streaming (Apr. 10, 2026)
- ASTM International v. UpCodes — Third Circuit rules online publication of building codes is likely fair use (Apr. 10, 2026)
Additional Opinions Noted (Rule 36 Judgments / Limited Detail)
- AlmondNet, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Fed. Cir. No. 24-1834, Apr. 13, 2026) — Rule 36 affirmance of PTAB decision invalidating AlmondNet targeted-advertising patent. Notable because AlmondNet recently won a $122M verdict against Amazon on related patents, but this appeal confirmed Meta’s PTAB win.
- Walmart Apollo, LLC v. BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (Fed. Cir. No. 24-1952, Apr. 13, 2026) — Rule 36 affirmance of PTAB in IPR2022-01528, -01563, -01564.
- Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Ramot at Tel Aviv University Ltd. (Fed. Cir. No. 24-1726, Apr. 13, 2026) — Rule 36 affirmance of PTAB decisions in networking patents IPR2022-00575, -01283, -00576.
- Farquhar v. MSPB (Fed. Cir. No. 25-1670, Apr. 13, 2026) — Merit Systems Protection Board employment case (not IP-related, not summarized).
Rule 36 judgments are one-line summary affirmances under Fed. Cir. R. 36 that contain no written reasoning. They are noted for completeness but are not individually summarized because there is no substantive holding to explain.
Courts and Databases Searched
| Court / Source | Status | Opinions Found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) | Searched | 0 IP opinions (no opinion day) |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Searched | 4 dispositions (3 Rule 36 IP, 1 MSPB non-IP); 0 precedential IP opinions |
| 1st Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 2nd Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 3rd Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 4th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 5th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 6th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 7th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 8th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions (oral arguments this week only) |
| 9th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 10th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| 11th Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| D.C. Circuit | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| PTAB (via USPTO) | Searched | Routine IPR decisions (underlying decisions in today’s Fed. Cir. Rule 36 appeals) |
| International Trade Commission (ITC) | Searched | 0 new opinions |
| Court of Federal Claims | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| Court of International Trade | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| Federal District Courts (~30 via CourtListener) | Searched | 0 notable new IP opinions |
| 50 State Supreme Courts (via web search) | Searched | 0 IP opinions |
| U.K. Courts (UKSC, EWCA, Patents Court) | Searched | 0 IP opinions found |
| EU Court of Justice (CJEU) | Searched | 0 IP opinions found |
| European Patent Office (EPO Boards of Appeal) | Searched | 0 notable decisions found |
| Unified Patent Court (UPC) | Searched | 0 IP opinions found |
| Canada (Federal Court / SCC) | Searched | 0 IP opinions found |
| Australia (Federal Court / High Court) | Searched | 0 IP opinions found |
| Japan (IP High Court) | Searched | 0 English-language opinions found |
| India (Delhi High Court / Supreme Court) | Searched | 0 IP opinions found |
| China (SPC IP Tribunal) | Searched (limited) | 0 English-language opinions found |
| South Korea (Patent Court) | Searched (limited) | 0 English-language opinions found |
| Germany (BGH / BPatG) | Searched (limited) | 0 English-language opinions found |
| Netherlands (District Court The Hague) | Searched | 0 IP opinions found |
| WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center | Searched | 0 notable UDRP decisions found |
| IPWatchdog.com | Searched | Cross-referenced; 2 commentary articles today, no new court opinions |
| Patently-O | Searched | Cross-referenced for coverage |
| Law360 IP | Searched | Cross-referenced; coverage of today’s Rule 36 judgments only |
| SCOTUSblog | Searched | No IP opinions (April sitting begins Apr. 20) |
| Bloomberg Law IP | Searched | No new IP opinions |
Courts Not Searchable (Limitations)
| Court / Jurisdiction | Reason |
|---|---|
| ~50 U.S. State Intermediate Appellate Courts | No centralized public API or real-time indexing; opinions published with delay |
| China (most courts) | Opinions published in Mandarin; limited English translations available with delay |
| Russia | Access restrictions; limited English-language reporting |
| Saudi Arabia | No public English-language case database |
| Indonesia | Opinions in Bahasa Indonesia; no English database |
| Turkey | Opinions in Turkish; limited English reporting |
| Mexico | No public API; opinions in Spanish |
| Argentina | Opinions in Spanish; limited English reporting |
| Brazil | Opinions in Portuguese; limited English reporting |
| France | Opinions in French; English translations available with delay |
| Italy | Opinions in Italian; limited English reporting |
| South Korea Patent Court (detailed rulings) | Limited English translations; summaries only |
| Germany BPatG (detailed rulings) | German-language only; English summaries limited |
Notes
- Today, Monday April 13, 2026, was a quiet day for substantive IP/AI court opinions. The Federal Circuit disposed of three patent appeals via Rule 36 summary affirmance (no written opinion) and issued one nonprecedential opinion in a Merit Systems Protection Board employment case (Farquhar v. MSPB) unrelated to IP.
- Because Rule 36 judgments contain no written reasoning, they are not individually summarized. They are logged above for completeness and for readers tracking specific patent litigation.
- The ingestion pipeline (WP-CLI
wp lexsummary ingestandwp lexsummary publish_pending) returned no pending items. - This catch-up run was triggered manually at approximately 7:30 PM PT after the user noticed the 5:04 PM PT scheduled run did not execute. Root cause: Claude Desktop (which hosts the scheduler) was not running at the scheduled fire time.