Courts Searched — April 26, 2026

Daily Summary

Date: April 26, 2026 (Sunday)

Cases published today: 2

Cases skipped (non-IP or routine filings): 34 database entries reviewed (routine docket filings, non-IP cases)

Sitemap total: 676 posts

Cases Published

Case Court Date Topic
Morgan Art Foundation v. American Image Art S.D.N.Y. April 24, 2026 Copyright
Joe Gibbs Racing v. Gabehart W.D.N.C. April 24, 2026 Trade Secret (Federal)

Courts Searched — Federal

Court / Source Method IP Opinions Found
U.S. Supreme Court SCOTUSblog, web search None (no opinion days April 25-26)
Federal Circuit (CAFC) Ingestion pipeline + cafc.uscourts.gov None new (April 24: TQ Delta v. CommScope — already published; Jones v. US — non-IP)
PTAB Web search, USPTO data portal None identified for April 25-26
ITC Web search, USITC.gov None identified for April 25-26
First Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Second Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Third Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Fourth Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Fifth Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Sixth Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Seventh Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Eighth Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Ninth Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Tenth Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
Eleventh Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
D.C. Circuit Ingestion pipeline None
District Courts (S.D.N.Y.) Web search, Law360, govinfo Morgan Art Foundation v. American Image Art — $102M copyright verdict (published)
District Courts (W.D.N.C.) Web search, Law360 Joe Gibbs Racing v. Gabehart — trade secret injunction (published)

Courts Searched — State

State Court(s) Searched IP Opinions Found
California Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal (ingestion pipeline + web search) None identified
New York Court of Appeals, Supreme Court (web search) None identified
Texas Supreme Court (web search + ingestion pipeline) None identified
Delaware Supreme Court, Chancery Court (ingestion pipeline + web search) None identified
Illinois Supreme Court (ingestion pipeline + web search) None identified
Florida Supreme Court (web search) None identified

Courts Searched — International

Jurisdiction Court(s) Searched IP Opinions Found
United Kingdom Patents Court, IPEC (web search) None identified (Tesla v. InterDigital hearing scheduled April 27)
EU / CJEU Court of Justice of the EU (web search) None identified
EPO Boards of Appeal (web search) None identified
Canada Federal Court of Canada (web search) None identified for April 24-26
Australia Federal Court of Australia (web search) Deakin University v. Macreadie [2026] FCA 481 — consumer law / IP ownership injunction (April 24); not published (procedural/consumer law focus)
Japan IP High Court (web search) None identified for April 24-26 (prior decisions through April 17 already published)
UPC Unified Patent Court (web search) Mannheim Local Division AASI jurisdiction decision (April 24) — procedural, not published

Additional Sources Checked

  • IPWatchdog — no new opinions reported for April 25-26
  • Patently-O — no new opinions reported for April 25-26
  • Law360 IP — Morgan Art Foundation verdict and Joe Gibbs Racing ruling identified and published
  • CourtListener — search returned 403; cases found via alternative searches
  • GovInfo — 34 new IP-classified entries reviewed; all routine docket filings, no substantive opinions

Ingestion Pipeline

20 sources ingested successfully: ca_scc, us_ca1, us_ca10, us_ca11, us_ca2, us_ca3, us_ca4, us_ca5, us_ca6, us_ca8, us_ca9, us_cadc, us_cafc, us_courts_news, us_govinfo_uscourts, us_scotus, us_state_ca, us_state_de, us_state_il, us_state_tx.

Non-IP case review (Step 2.4): 21 non_ip cases from last 3 days — all previously reviewed. No reclassifications needed.

Notes

April 26 is a Sunday. No federal or state courts issued opinions today. The two cases published were from the most recent business day (Friday, April 24, 2026) and were identified through web searches of legal news sources.

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