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.