Never-Search, Inc. v. Google LLC — Fed. Cir. (Nov 9, 2026)

No. 25-1585 Argued November 9, 2026 Published November 10, 2026

The Federal Circuit hears a patent dispute between Never-Search and Google, Apple, and Microsoft over interactive digital maps. Never-Search sued the companies, claiming that their mapping products infringed its patents. The patents describe features such as updating information about places, moving icons on a map, and displaying information about selected locations. The appeal follows a district judge's decision to dismiss the patent claims as ineligible for protection. Never-Search will argue that these are concrete improvements to digital mapping, while the companies will defend the ruling that the claims merely computerize familiar information-handling tasks. Listen also for whether the judge could treat a few patent claims as representative of others with additional features.

Never-Search, Inc. v. Google LLC (No. 25-1585) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, argued November 9, 2026.

Sources

Argument audio — official Federal Circuit recording, November 9, 2026; complete court original, no noise filtering or speech reconstruction:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/oral-arguments/25-1585_11092026.mp3

Official argument recordings index — Federal Circuit case 25-1585:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/listen-to-oral-arguments/

Prior case background and dismissal — Northern District of California, Never-Search v. Google, February 28, 2025, court-authored order publicly reproduced at Midpage:https://app.midpage.ai/document/never-search-inc-v-google-1000431746271

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