Courts Searched — May 12, 2026

Summary

Daily IP/AI case search completed for May 12, 2026. 5 new case summaries published. 1 duplicate detected and blocked by dedup filter. 723 total posts in sitemap.

Cases Published Today

Case Court Topic
Nesarikar v. PTO Federal Circuit Patent Prosecution / Standing
Judge v. Academia, Inc. N.D. Cal. Section 230 / Right of Publicity
Innoscience v. Infineon (ITC) ITC Patent / GaN Semiconductors
Meta Platforms Ireland v. AGCOM CJEU Press Publishers’ Copyright
Therme Development v. Nordik Spa Village Chelsea Canadian FCA Trademark / Bilingual Descriptiveness

Duplicate Detected

BISSELL v. ITC — already published as post #1309 from a prior run. Dedup filter blocked re-publication.

Courts Searched

Court / Source Method Result
U.S. Supreme Court Engine + web search No IP opinions
Federal Circuit Engine + CourtListener alerts + web search 1 opinion published (Nesarikar v. PTO); BISSELL v. ITC already published
PTAB Engine + web search No new decisions today
ITC Engine + web search 1 decision published (Innoscience v. Infineon)
District Courts (all circuits) Engine (GovInfo aggregator) + CourtListener Cases reviewed; no substantive new IP opinions
Circuit Courts (1st–11th, D.C.) Engine + web search No IP opinions
California state courts Web search No IP opinions
New York state courts Web search No IP opinions
Texas state courts Web search No IP opinions
Delaware state courts Web search No IP opinions
Illinois state courts Web search No IP opinions
Florida state courts Web search No IP opinions
UK Courts (IPEC / Patents Court) Web search No IP opinions today
CJEU Web search 1 decision published (Meta v. AGCOM, C-797/23)
UPC (Unified Patent Court) Web search No decisions today
EPO Boards of Appeal Web search G 1/25 oral proceedings concluded May 8; written decision pending
Canadian Courts (FC / FCA) Web search + Macek docket watcher 1 decision published (Therme v. Nordik Spa, 2026 FCA 85)
Australian Federal Court Web search No IP opinions today
New Zealand High Court Web search No IP opinions today
Singapore courts Web search No IP opinions today
India (Delhi / Bombay High Court) Web search No IP opinions today
South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal Web search No IP opinions today
Germany (BGH / BPatG) Web search (native German) No new IP decisions today; BGH color trademark hearing held May 7 (decision pending)
France (Cour de cassation / TJ Paris) Web search (native French) No new IP decisions today
Japan (IP High Court / JPO) Web search (native Japanese) No IP decisions today
Korea (Supreme Court / Patent Court) Web search (native Korean) No IP decisions today
China (SPC / specialized IP courts) Web search (native Chinese) No IP decisions today; new SPC punitive damages judicial interpretation effective May 1
Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Brazil, Mexico, Russia Web search (native languages) No IP decisions today

Commentary Leads Processed

34 Law360 IP and Eric Goldman blog commentary leads reviewed. 11 demoted to non-IP (firm news, trade policy, non-IP topics). 1 linked to existing published post (Impossible Foods v. Impossible X, post #1315). Remainder marked as reviewed (pending matters, oral arguments, or new filings without court decisions).

Newsletter Intake

Email ingest processed 39 new messages with 245 URL discoveries and 112 case mentions. 8 Federal Circuit PDFs identified from CourtListener alerts; 5 were veterans/employment cases (non-IP), 2 were already published (Extremity Medical, MetroM Rail), and BISSELL was already published.

Macek Docket Watcher

4 unresolved Canadian Federal Court cases checked. No decisions issued yet for any watched docket.

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