Daily Summary — April 14, 2026
Total IP/AI opinions found and published today: 2
Total posts in sitemap: 11
Ingestion pipeline status: Ran successfully; no pending summaries from automated feed.
Cases Published Today
| Case | Court | Type | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation (No. 24-1772) | Federal Circuit | Precedential Opinion — Patent (Extraterritoriality, DOE, Prosecution Disclaimer) | View Summary |
| Definitive Holdings v. Powerteq (No. 24-1761) | Federal Circuit | Precedential Opinion — Patent (On-Sale Bar, Source Code Hearsay) | View Summary |
Cases Reviewed but Not Published
| Case | Court | Reason Skipped |
|---|---|---|
| Upstream Holdings, LLC v. Brekunitch (No. 24-1924) | Federal Circuit | Rule 36 Judgment — no written opinion; unable to determine if IP-related |
| MSN Laboratories v. Bausch Health Ireland Ltd. (No. 26-1595) | Federal Circuit | Procedural order related to previously settled Trulance (IBS drug) patent dispute |
| Martin v. DVA (No. 25-1944) | Federal Circuit | Non-IP case (Merit Systems Protection Board) |
| Aljindi v. US (No. 26-1031) | Federal Circuit | Non-IP case (Court of Federal Claims) |
Courts Searched
| Court / Source | Method | IP Opinions Found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Official website (cafc.uscourts.gov) — all opinions/orders for 4/14/2026 | 2 precedential IP opinions + 1 Rule 36 + 1 order |
| U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) | Web search; USPTO Open Data Portal | 0 new decisions found for today |
| U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) | Web search; USITC website | 0 |
| U.S. Supreme Court | Web search; SCOTUSblog | 0 |
| U.S. Circuit Courts (1st–11th, D.C.) | Web search for copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, Section 230 opinions | 0 new for today (Mass. SJC § 230 ruling from 4/10 already published) |
| U.S. District Courts | Web search for patent/copyright/trademark rulings | 0 new for today |
| State Courts | Web search | 0 |
Legal News Sources Checked
| Source | Coverage Found |
|---|---|
| IPWatchdog | No new case coverage for 4/14 (webinar day — “From Patent Tools to AI Agents”) |
| Patently-O | Article on Federal Circuit rebuilding inventorship law (referencing Fortress Iron v. Digger Specialties, already published) |
| Bloomberg Law IP | Searched; no new 4/14 opinions found beyond Federal Circuit releases |
| Law360 IP | Searched; no new 4/14 opinions found |
| EFF / Techdirt | Continuing coverage of ASTM v. UpCodes (already published) and Mass. v. Meta (already published) |
| FisherBroyles Client Alert | “Three Key Patent Decisions (April 2026)” — referenced cases already covered |
| CourtListener / RECAP | Used for opinion PDF sourcing |
Courts Not Directly Searchable
| Court / Source | Reason |
|---|---|
| PACER (all federal district courts) | Requires per-document fee; searched indirectly via legal news and CourtListener |
| State trial courts (50 states) | No centralized free opinion database; searched via news aggregators |
| Foreign courts (UK, EU, EPO, Canada) | Searched via news; no notable IP decisions found for today |
| Bankruptcy courts | Not typically a source of IP opinions; not searched |
Notes
- Today is a Tuesday. Federal Circuit released 6 items (2 precedential opinions, 2 nonprecedential opinions, 1 Rule 36 judgment, 1 order).
- Both precedential opinions are patent cases with opinion PDFs downloaded from the Federal Circuit and uploaded to LexSummary.
- The VLSI v. Intel opinion (24-1772) is part of the multibillion-dollar VLSI-Intel patent litigation saga. This is a new appeal (distinct from the 2023 decision in 22-1906) involving a different patent (‘836) and different legal issues (extraterritoriality, prosecution disclaimer).
- The Definitive Holdings v. PowerTEQ opinion (24-1761) establishes that source code commands are not hearsay — a significant evidentiary precedent for software patent litigation.