Track every federal IP lawsuit, as it's filed.
IP Feed is a real-time tracker for U.S. federal patent, copyright, and trademark lawsuits. We pull docket data from PACER via CourtListener the moment a case is filed, surface it in a clean Twitter-style feed, and add an AI-generated one-line summary so you can scan a hundred filings in under a minute.
Who it's for
- IP attorneys — see new suits in your practice area or against specific parties as they hit the docket
- In-house counsel — get notified the instant your company, talent, or competitors are named as defendants
- Legal journalists — track filings, news coverage, and case progress for every active IP suit in one place
- Rights holders + agents — monitor works, brands, and patents you care about for unauthorized commercial use
How it works
1. Real-time docket polling
Our cron polls CourtListener's federal docket index every 30 minutes for new filings under nature-of-suit codes 820 (Copyright), 830 (Patent), and 840 (Trademark) across the entertainment- and tech-heavy districts: Central, Southern, and Northern California; Southern and Eastern New York; plus the Federal Circuit and 2nd / 9th Circuits on appeal.
2. AI summarization
Every case gets a one-line plain-English summary generated by Claude. The summary identifies the plaintiff, defendant, and core legal theory in 25 words or less. Pro users can also generate a structured "deep summary" of the actual filed complaint — plaintiff, defendant, asserted IP, relief sought, why it matters — sourced directly from the PACER PDF via RECAP.
AI summaries are research aids, not legal analysis. We surface clear disclaimers on every summary; verify against the original docket before relying on anything.
3. Watchlists with email alerts
Pro users build named watchlists of party-name terms (e.g. "Disney", "Taylor Swift", "Velos Media") or pin specific cases. The moment a new filing matches, we email a digest with the case name, court, and matched terms — so you know within a half hour of filing.
4. Curated news for every case
For each case we generate type-aware news search queries (film: behind-the-scenes interviews; music: songwriting context; patent: prior art and tech explainers; trademark: brand launch coverage) and auto-fetch matching articles from public news search. Saves you the time of searching manually.
5. Full docket history
Open any case and see its full docket history — every filing, every order — pulled from CourtListener. You don't have to leave the app to read the chronology.
What it costs
Free tier: federal IP filings with a 30-minute delay, one-line AI summaries, auto-curated news, basic industry filtering. No credit card.
Pro: $29/month. Real-time filings, unlimited custom watchlists with email alerts, follow specific cases, full CourtListener archive search, AI deep summaries of the actual complaint, and manual article attachment. See pricing →
Coverage scope
IP Feed currently covers U.S. federal courts only (PACER / RECAP). State court IP cases — e.g. California Superior Court idea-theft suits, right-of-publicity cases, or state trade-secret matters — are not currently included. We're transparent about this scope rather than pretending the federal feed is exhaustive.
Why we built it
Existing IP-litigation tools (Docket Alarm, Lex Machina, Bloomberg Law) are built for BigLaw and priced for it — thousands per seat per year. Solo practitioners, small firms, journalists, and affected creators get priced out of the same early-warning signal that defines whether you respond on day one or day thirty.
IP Feed is built on top of the same public data (CourtListener's RECAP archive, which is free for public access) plus on-demand PACER document purchases that contribute back to the public archive. The cost is shared; the result is an affordable tool that does the 80% of what BigLaw IP-litigation platforms do, for roughly 1% of the price.
Data sources
- CourtListener — federal docket and document index, operated by the non-profit Free Law Project
- PACER — Public Access to Court Electronic Records (federal judiciary)
- RECAP Archive — public mirror of PACER documents, contributed by users
- Google News for case-related article aggregation
- Anthropic Claude for AI summarization
Get started
No credit card required. Free tier is fully functional.