Courts Searched — April 30, 2026

Daily Summary

Date: April 30, 2026
Cases published: 8
Cases reviewed (non-IP or no new opinion): 54
Total posts in sitemap: 660

Cases Published Today

Case Court Topic Link
Wildseed Mobile v. Google LLC Federal Circuit Patent Obviousness (Targeted Advertising) View
Whyte Monkee Productions v. Netflix 10th Circuit Copyright Fair Use (Tiger King Documentary) View
Centripetal Networks v. Cisco Systems Federal Circuit Patent Noninfringement (Cybersecurity) View
Shenzhen Huajie v. Shenzhen Leyibei 7th Circuit Trademark Counterfeiting / Cybersquatting Damages View
In re Mosaic LLM Litigation (O’Nan v. Databricks) N.D. Cal. Copyright / AI Training Data View
Brandy Melville v. Shein C.D. Cal. Copyright Preemption of Trademark Claims View
Multi-State Partnership v. Deloitte S.D.N.Y. Trade Secret (Vaccine Software) View
S&S Activewear v. Promo Hunt N.D. Ill. Tech Law (Browser Extension / Trespass) View

International Case Published

Case Court Topic Link
Taiwan v. Chen Li-ming (TSMC 2nm Trade Secret) Taiwan IP & Commercial Court Trade Secret / National Security (Semiconductor) View

Cases Skipped (Already Published)

Case Reason
Federal Express v. Qualcomm (Fed. Cir.) Already published as post #1117

Cases Reviewed — No New Opinion to Publish

  • Q Technologies v. Walmart (Fed. Cir.) — Rehearing denial of February 2026 opinion, not a new ruling
  • Al Jazeera DMCA storm video case — Pending motion, no ruling yet
  • Concord Music v. Anthropic (AI training fair use) — Amicus brief filing, no ruling
  • Hikma v. Amarin (SCOTUS skinny labels) — Oral argument held April 29, opinion pending
  • Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Baker Botts; Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Leblon (Fed. Cir.) — Procedural orders from pro se litigant, linked to monthly dispositions page
  • 21 non-IP cases reviewed and classified (criminal, immigration, contract disputes, etc.)
  • ~30 Law360/commentary leads reviewed: attorney moves, opinion pieces, settlements, and ongoing litigation without new rulings
  • ~20 GovInfo docket entries reviewed: new filings and complaints, not substantive opinions

Courts Searched

Federal Courts

Court Source IP Opinions Found
U.S. Supreme Court supremecourt.gov, SCOTUSblog None (oral argument in Hikma v. Amarin only)
Federal Circuit cafc.uscourts.gov, ingestion pipeline 2 (Wildseed Mobile, Centripetal Networks)
PTAB USPTO data portal None today
ITC usitc.gov None today
1st Circuit ca1.uscourts.gov None (Gordon-Darby, Fishermen’s — non-IP)
2nd Circuit ca2.uscourts.gov None today
3rd Circuit ca3.uscourts.gov None today
4th Circuit ca4.uscourts.gov None (US v. Lodge — criminal)
5th Circuit ca5.uscourts.gov None today
6th Circuit ca6.uscourts.gov None today
7th Circuit ca7.uscourts.gov 1 (Huajie v. Leyibei)
8th Circuit ca8.uscourts.gov None today
9th Circuit ca9.uscourts.gov None (non-IP cases only)
10th Circuit ca10.uscourts.gov 1 (Whyte Monkee v. Netflix)
11th Circuit ca11.uscourts.gov None today
D.C. Circuit cadc.uscourts.gov None today
District Courts (all) GovInfo aggregator, CourtListener, news 4 (Mosaic LLM, Brandy Melville, MSPP v. Deloitte, S&S v. Promo Hunt)

State Courts

State courts searched today: California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Florida — no IP/AI opinions identified. California Supreme Court issued In re Kowalczyk (bail reform) and People v. Lopez/Stayner (criminal); Delaware Supreme Court issued several corporate/contract rulings — all non-IP.

Foreign and International Courts

Foreign courts searched: UK (Patents Court/IPEC), Canada (Federal Court), Australia (Federal Court), EU (CJEU), Unified Patent Court, EPO Boards of Appeal, Germany (BGH/BPatG), France (Cour de cassation, Tribunal judiciaire de Paris), Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Japan (IP High Court/JPO), Korea (Supreme Court/Patent Court), China (SPC and specialized IP courts), India (Delhi/Bombay High Courts), New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan

IP opinions identified:

  • Taiwan IP & Commercial Court: TSMC 2nm trade secret conviction (April 27, 2026) — published

No other foreign IP/AI opinions identified for April 28-30, 2026. Notable pending matters: UK Supreme Court heard Tesla v. InterDigital (FRAND) on April 27 — judgment awaited.

Commentary Sources Monitored

  • IPWatchdog — no additional cases found beyond pipeline coverage
  • Patently-O — no additional cases found
  • Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog — S&S v. Promo Hunt published
  • Law360 IP — 30+ headlines triaged; case-specific leads processed
  • SCOTUSblog — Hikma v. Amarin oral argument covered (no opinion yet)
  • Bloomberg Law IP — used to verify case details
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