Daily Summary — April 20, 2026
New posts published today: 4
- Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings — SCOTUS cert denied (trademark standing)
- Russell v. Walmart — SCOTUS cert denied (copyright/platform liability)
- CPC Patent Technologies v. Apple — SCOTUS cert denied (Rule 36 challenge)
- Zirvi v. Akin Gump — SCOTUS cert denied (patent inventor privity/malpractice)
Cases added to Federal Circuit Dispositions page: 1
- BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) v. Onesta IP, LLC — No. 26-1338, Order (nonprecedential), Apr. 20, 2026
Total posts in sitemap: 39
Courts Searched
| Court/Source | Method | Status | IP Cases Found |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Supreme Court | Web search + orders list | ✓ Searched | 4 cert denials (2 pre-existing, 2 new) |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Engine (us_cafc) + web search | ✓ Searched | 1 nonprecedential order (dispositions page) |
| First Circuit | Engine (us_ca1) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Second Circuit | Engine (us_ca2) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Third Circuit | Engine (us_ca3) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Fourth Circuit | Engine (us_ca4) | ✓ Searched | 0 (1 immigration case reviewed, non-IP) |
| Fifth Circuit | Engine (us_ca5) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Sixth Circuit | Engine (us_ca6) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Eighth Circuit | Engine (us_ca8) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Ninth Circuit | Engine (us_ca9) | ✓ Searched | 0 (2 cases reviewed, both non-IP) |
| Tenth Circuit | Engine (us_ca10) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Eleventh Circuit | Engine (us_ca11) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| D.C. Circuit | Engine (us_cadc) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| PTAB | Web search | ✓ Searched | 0 new decisions today |
| ITC | Web search | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| U.S. District Courts | Engine (us_govinfo_uscourts) | ✓ Searched | Multiple docket entries ingested; opinions behind PACER paywall |
| Delaware Courts | Engine (us_state_de) | ✓ Searched | 0 IP (5 cases reviewed, all non-IP) |
| California Courts | Engine (us_state_ca) | ✓ Searched | 0 IP (1 criminal case, non-IP) |
| Texas Courts | Engine (us_state_tx) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Illinois Courts | Engine (us_state_il) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
| Supreme Court of Canada | Engine (ca_scc) | ✓ Searched | 0 |
State Courts (Supplemental Search)
State courts searched today: California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida — no IP/AI opinions identified.
Foreign Courts (Supplemental Search)
Foreign courts searched today: UK (Patents Court/IPEC), EU/CJEU, EPO Boards of Appeal, Canada (Federal Court), Australia (Federal Court), Japan (IP High Court), UPC — no new IP/AI opinions identified for April 20, 2026.
Note: One Australian trademark case (Container Rotation Systems v. Intermodal Solutions, FCA, Apr. 20) identified as a follow-on costs/orders ruling, not a new substantive decision.
Non-IP Cases Reviewed and Cleared
10 cases ingested as non_ip were reviewed for classification errors. All confirmed as non-IP:
- Travelers v. Syngenta (Delaware) — insurance coverage dispute
- F.A.M.E. LLC v. Emturn LLC (Delaware) — contract dispute
- ARC Global Investments v. Digital World Acquisition (Delaware) — securities/corporate
- HV JVCO I v. Open Sunday (Delaware) — corporate/LLC dispute
- Diaz v. Blanche (4th Cir.) — immigration
- P. v. Bertsch (California) — criminal case
- Brown v. Salcido (9th Cir.) — civil rights
- DSM Holdco v. Demoulas (Delaware) — corporate dispute
- Sackey v. US (Fed. Cir.) — errata on non-IP case
- Gessele v. Jack in the Box (9th Cir.) — employment/wage dispute
Cases in Queue (Pending Opinion Access)
The following IP-classified cases have substantive opinions but the full text is behind the PACER paywall:
- Artec Europe v. Shenzhen Creality 3D (E.D.N.Y., Apr. 19) — 102-page SJ/Daubert ruling on 3D scanner patent/copyright claims
- SK nexilis v. Solus Advanced Materials (E.D. Tex., Apr. 17) — 31-page opinion in copper foil patent/trade secret dispute
Sources Not Searchable
| Court/Source | Reason |
|---|---|
| Seventh Circuit | No engine source configured; covered by web search |
| New York state courts | No automated source; covered by supplemental web search |
| EPO Boards of Appeal | No automated source; web search found no April 20 decisions |
| UK Patents Court / IPEC | BAILII blocked by bot protection; covered by web search |