Courts Searched — June 29, 2026

Daily Run Summary — June 29, 2026

This page documents the courts and sources searched during the LexSummary automated daily run for June 29, 2026. The pipeline covers June 23–29, 2026 decisions.

Posts Published This Run

  1. RiseandShine Corp. v. State of New York — SCOTUS grants cert on whether AI-assisted art qualifies as human-authored for copyright purposes (Post 1785)
  2. Doe v. Cloudflare, Inc. — 9th Circuit holds §230(c)(1) immunity applies to Cloudflare’s CDN services for CSAM hashing dispute (Post 1786)
  3. Cortés-Ramos v. Martin-Morales — 1st Circuit addresses copyright in Puerto Rico government-created works (Post 1788)
  4. Pictiva Imaging v. Samsung Electronics — Federal Circuit affirms $99M patent verdict covering smartphone ambient-light sensor technology (Post 1789)
  5. Evac Oy v. Shanghai VacDrain — UPC Düsseldorf Local Division: injunctions are not subject to Article 72 UPCA’s five-year limitation period (Post 1791)

Courts and Sources Searched

U.S. Federal Courts

  • Supreme Court of the United States — June 29, 2026 order list reviewed (062926zor_1bn2.pdf); RiseandShine cert grant (24-1016) identified and published
  • Federal Circuit — CAFC non-precedential dispositions page reviewed; GovInfo USCOURTS feed reviewed; individual CAFC slip opinions reviewed. Belden v. CommScope (voluntary dismissal) and In re Core Scientific (mandamus denied, non-IP) evaluated and skipped.
  • First Circuit — Cortés-Ramos v. Martin-Morales identified via email discovery lead; PDF obtained from CourtListener; published.
  • Ninth Circuit — Doe v. Cloudflare identified via Eric Goldman blog email lead; published.
  • PTAB — Director Review feed reviewed. Light & Wonder v. Evolution Malta (IPR2025-01072, Director Review June 22) identified as duplicate of Post 1779; draft deleted.

U.S. State Courts

  • California Court of Appeal — Guild Mortgage Co. v. CrossCountry Mortgage (D085036, May 27, 2026) identified (CUTSA/§502 preemption) but outside the June 23–29 window; deferred.
  • Texas Business Court — Mesquite Energy v. Sanchez Oil & Gas (trade secret settlement split) identified; low significance for IP law audience; skipped.
  • Delaware Court of Chancery — GI DI Rushmore Parent v. former employee (restrictive covenants, not core IP); skipped. Genesis CMG Holdings v. Simplicity Media (limited details); skipped.
  • New York, Illinois, Florida — No notable IP decisions confirmed for this window.

Foreign and International Courts

  • Unified Patent Court (UPC) — Düsseldorf Local Division — Evac Oy v. Shanghai VacDrain (UPC_CFI_811/2024, June 22, 2026) identified; published as Post 1791.
  • UPC Court of Appeal — Fujifilm v. Kodak (June 2, 2026, long-arm jurisdiction and numerical ranges) identified; outside current window; deferred for separate post.
  • EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal — G 1/24 (June 9, 2026, uniform claim interpretation EPO/UPC) identified; outside current window; deferred.
  • CJEU — C-590/23 Pelham II (April 14, 2026, pastiche exception) identified but well outside window; already likely covered. Pending referral C-649/26 etc. monitored.
  • Canada Federal Court — Chanel Ltd. v. Nichole G Collection Inc. (2026 FC 504, trademark counterfeiting default judgment) identified; exact date unconfirmed; deferred for verification.
  • Pharmascience v. Janssen Inc. (SCC, paliperidone palmitate patent) — oral arguments only, no decision; monitored.
  • UK Courts — No confirmed decisions from June 23–29 window found.
  • Germany (BGH/BPatG) — No confirmed decisions from this window found in English-language sources.

Email Discovery Pipeline

  • Processed 96 new mailbox messages; yielded 1,308 URL discoveries and 62 case mentions
  • Tier 1 leads (CAFC/SCOTUS domains, Macek/SCOTUSblog senders): 6 processed — RiseandShine cert grant, Cloudflare §230 confirmed and published
  • Tier 2 leads (CourtListener, Justia, Law360): Cortés-Ramos and Pictiva identified from CourtListener/IPWatchdog leads
  • BMG Music Publishing v. Vetter — cert petition (25A1109) confirmed as pending, not granted; no post created

Macek Docket Watcher

  • 3 unresolved Canadian Federal Court cases monitored (T-1728-26 Janssen, T-2217-26 Pacific Smoke, T-2225-26 Gavora); no decisions found; watch continues

Sitemap Count

As of this run: 927 posts indexed in wp-sitemap-posts-post-1.xml.

Deferred / Pending

  • EPO G 1/24 (June 9, 2026) — significant EBA decision; warrants standalone post
  • UPC CoA Fujifilm v. Kodak (June 2, 2026) — long-arm jurisdiction and claim interpretation; warrants standalone post
  • Chanel v. Nichole G Collection Inc. (2026 FC 504) — date verification needed before publishing
  • Guild Mortgage v. CrossCountry Mortgage (CA CoA, May 27, 2026) — outside window; warrants standalone post
  • Express Mobile v. GoDaddy PTAB DRP — Law360 covered June 26-29; full details paywalled; warrant separate research
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