Courts Searched — April 17, 2026

Daily Scan Summary

Date April 17, 2026 (Friday)
Pipeline runs Ingestion (20 sources) + Publish Pending
Posts published (pipeline) 4
Posts published (supplemental web search) 1
Total posts published today 5
Total posts in sitemap 35

Published Summaries

  1. Riken Technos v. JPO — Japan IP High Court Revives Transparent Projection Screen Patent, Faults JPO’s Obviousness Logic — Japan IP High Court | Utility Patent
  2. International Medical Devices v. Cornell — Federal Circuit Reverses $17M Trade Secret Award, Holds Patent Disclosures Extinguish Trade Secret Rights — Federal Circuit | Trade Secret (Federal)
  3. Canadian Solar v. Trina Solar — PTAB Invalidates All Claims of Two TOPCon Solar Cell Patents — PTAB | Utility Patent
  4. Frida Kahlo Corporation v. Romeo Pinedo — Eleventh Circuit Rules Tortious Cease-and-Desist Letters Create Personal Jurisdiction — 11th Circuit | Trademark / IP Law
  5. Butzer v. HyperSphere Technologies — Developer-Founder’s Copyright Claims Over Quantum Encryption Software Dismissed for Failure to State a Claim — District Court (N.D. Georgia) | Copyright (supplemental search)

Courts Searched

Court Method IP Opinions Found
U.S. Supreme Court Web search + SCOTUSblog None
Federal Circuit Pipeline + cafc.uscourts.gov 1 (International Medical Devices v. Cornell)
PTAB Pipeline + USPTO 1 (Canadian Solar v. Trina Solar)
1st Circuit Pipeline None
2nd Circuit Pipeline None
3rd Circuit Pipeline None
4th Circuit Pipeline None
5th Circuit Pipeline None
6th Circuit Pipeline None
7th Circuit Pipeline None
8th Circuit Pipeline None
9th Circuit Pipeline None
10th Circuit Pipeline None
11th Circuit Pipeline 1 (Frida Kahlo v. Pinedo)
D.C. Circuit Pipeline None
ITC Web search + USITC None
District Courts (selected) Web search + PACER Monitor 1 (Butzer v. HyperSphere, N.D. Ga.)
Japan IP High Court Pipeline 1 (Riken Technos v. JPO)
Short Circuit (Reason/Volokh) Web search No IP cases in April 17 roundup

Courts Not Fully Searchable Today

Court / Source Reason
PTAB (all Final Written Decisions) Bulk FWD data not indexed; only notable decisions captured via news
All U.S. District Courts No systematic feed; supplemental web search covers only cases surfaced in news
State Courts (CA, DE, IL, TX) Pipeline covers these; no IP opinions surfaced today
Court of Federal Claims / Intl Trade Not in pipeline; no web search hits today

Cases Considered but Not Published

  • Powermat v. Anker Innovations (Fed. Cir. 26-1429) — Voluntary dismissal order (parties settled); no substantive ruling.
  • NCAA v. DraftKings (S.D. Indiana) — Procedural motion (expedited trial request); no substantive trademark ruling.
  • Bartz v. Anthropic (N.D. Cal.) — Settlement status update only; fairness hearing set May 14, 2026.
  • Afolayan v. DOJ (Fed. Cir. 24-1692) — Nonprecedential non-IP opinion.
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