Daily Summary — April 18, 2026 (Saturday)
Today is Saturday. U.S. federal and state courts do not issue opinions on weekends. The ingestion pipeline ran across all enabled sources and web searches were conducted for any opinions that may have been released late Friday (April 17) or early-posted for Monday.
Cases Published Today
| Case | Court | Date Decided | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frida Kahlo Corp. v. Romeo Pinedo | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | April 17, 2026 | Trademark / Personal Jurisdiction |
| Broad Institute v. JPO (CRISPR Patent) | Japan Intellectual Property High Court | April 14, 2026 | Utility Patent / Biotechnology |
Ingestion Pipeline Results
The automated ingestion pipeline ran successfully across 20 sources:
- ca_scc, us_ca1, us_ca2, us_ca3, us_ca4, us_ca5, us_ca6, us_ca8, us_ca9, us_ca10, us_ca11, us_cadc, us_cafc, us_scotus
- us_courts_news, us_govinfo_uscourts
- us_state_ca, us_state_de, us_state_il, us_state_tx
198 non-IP cases and 44 IP-flagged cases were ingested in the past 3 days. After manual review:
- 19 cases reclassified from IP to non-IP (misclassifications: labor, bankruptcy, insurance, civil rights, consumer, election law cases)
- 2 orphaned database records linked to previously published posts
- Remaining GovInfo district court entries reviewed — all appear to be routine docket entries (new filings, scheduling orders, motions) rather than substantive opinions
Web Search Coverage
| Search Query | Result |
|---|---|
| Federal Circuit opinions April 17–18, 2026 | April 17: IMD v. Cornell (precedential, already published April 17), Afolayan v. DOJ (nonprecedential, non-IP). No April 18 opinions (Saturday). |
| PTAB decisions April 18, 2026 | No PTAB decisions identified for today. |
| Patent rulings / copyright / trademark decisions | No new substantive opinions found for April 18. |
| Section 101 patent eligibility | No new rulings. |
| Section 230 rulings | No new rulings. |
| AI intellectual property | No new rulings. |
| ITC opinions | No new opinions. |
| Right of publicity | No new rulings. |
| Trade secret rulings | No new rulings beyond IMD v. Cornell (already published). |
| Patently-O / IPWatchdog / FedCircuitBlog | Checked all three. No new April 18 case coverage. Patently-O covered IMD v. Cornell trade secret analysis. |
State Courts Searched
State courts searched today: California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida — no IP/AI opinions identified for April 17–18, 2026.
Foreign Courts Searched
Foreign courts searched: UK (IPEC/Patents Court), EU (CJEU), EPO Boards of Appeal, Canada (Federal Court), Australia (Federal Court), Japan (IP High Court), UPC.
- Japan IP High Court: Two decisions identified — (1) Broad Institute CRISPR patent priority rights (April 14, published today), (2) Riken Technos projection-screen coating patent obviousness (April 17, not published — insufficient English-language detail available for quality summary).
- CJEU: Pelham GmbH pastiche/sampling decision (April 14, previously published as Post 199).
- UPC: Establishment Labs v. GC Aesthetics procedural order on evidence production (April 14, procedural — not published).
- UK, EPO, Canada, Australia: No IP/AI opinions identified for this period.
Cumulative Site Statistics
- Total posts in sitemap: 31
- Posts published this week (April 14–18): 21