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Www.ai.law Corp v Butler Labs Inc

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Case Information
Case name Www.ai.law Corp v. Butler Labs Inc[1]
Court U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California[1]
Docket 3:26-cv-05930[1]
Filed June 17, 2026[1]
Judge(s) Alex G. Tse (initial assignment)[1]
Plaintiffs www.ai.law Corp.[1]
Defendants Butler Labs Inc., doing business as Eve Legal[2]
Case type Civil patent-infringement action[1]
Claims / issues Alleged infringement of U.S. Patent 12,461,932 through AI-assisted legal-document drafting[2]
Status Complaint filed and assigned to Magistrate Judge Tse June 17, 2026. Later developments have not been verified.[1]

www.ai.law Corp v. Butler Labs Inc. is a 2026 patent-infringement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Eve Legal's legal-technology products infringe an AI-assisted document-drafting patent.[3]


Allegations

AI.Law alleges that Eve Legal and Butler Labs infringe a patent directed to AI-assisted document drafting.[3] The article reports that AI.Law seeks unspecified monetary damages and other relief for the alleged infringement.[3]

Procedural Status

The complaint was filed on June 17, 2026 in the Northern District of California and assigned to Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse.[3] No merits ruling has been reported at this early stage.[3]

Significance

The dispute may test how patent claims covering AI-enabled legal workflows apply to competing legal-technology platforms.[3] Lawyer Monthly noted that the case could make patent clearance, licensing, infringement indemnities, insurance, and service-continuity protections more important for legal-AI vendors and customers.[3]

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