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Docket Navigator

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What it is

Docket Navigator is a litigation research and intelligence platform built on structured litigation data. Licensed U.S. attorneys hand-code most of its data, and court orders can be captured across as many as 29 fields. Search filters cover document type, motion posture and result, legal issues, parties, firms, attorneys, courts, patents, text, case status, outcomes, and dates. Its taxonomies include more than 700 motion types and more than 1,600 legal concepts. Case Profile Alerts deliver new docket entries with attorney-written document summaries and links. The Docket Report summarizes daily patent, copyright, and trademark litigation in U.S. district courts, with patent coverage also including PTAB and ITC activity. New Case Alerts monitor PACER throughout the day for covered cases. Case, patent, party, and judge profiles provide litigation history, outcomes, timing, and decision information. Group accounts can add Docket Navigator Connect to connect research with an organization’s AI provider platform; its help page lists Claude. The platform is available on web and API. A 30-day trial is offered, but there is no free plan.

Spec sheet

Support
Customer support is available Monday through Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm CST by phone at (866) 352-2749, email at [email protected] and a mailing address in Abilene, Texas.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
AI integration
Docket Navigator Connect is a subscription add-on for group accounts that connects the account to an organization’s AI provider platform for research using structured litigation data.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.docketnavigator.com
Analytics and profiles
Case, patent, party and judge profiles provide litigation history, outcomes, timing and decision information for litigation strategy.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Business development
New Case Alerts monitor PACER throughout the day and notify users when covered new cases are available.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Case monitoring
Case Profile Alerts deliver new docket entries, attorney-written summaries of underlying documents and links to the documents.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Chat retention
In-platform chat conversations are held only in the browser’s local storage for the session and are not saved on Docket Navigator servers after the session ends.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Current awareness
The Docket Report provides daily summaries of patent, copyright and trademark litigation in U.S. district courts, with patent coverage also including PTAB and ITC activity.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Data curation
The majority of its data is hand-coded by licensed U.S. attorneys, with court orders recorded across up to 29 data fields.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.docketnavigator.com
Integration permissions
Through Connect, an AI provider can search dockets and documents, create or edit binders and alerts, and open Docket Navigator pages, but cannot delete data or change account settings.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.docketnavigator.com
Pricing limits
All rates are flat monthly fees with no per-search, per-download, per-alert, per-minute or per-click charges.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Privacy and AI training
Docket Navigator states that it does not use personal data, prompts, search terms, tool parameters, chat content or customer content to train or improve its AI models or third-party AI models.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Product purpose
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and intelligence platform built on structured litigation data.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.docketnavigator.com
Search and taxonomies
The platform supports filters for document type, motion posture and result, legal issue, parties, firms, attorneys, courts, patents, text, case status, outcomes and dates, including taxonomies with more than 700 motion types and more than 1,600 legal concepts.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Subscription limitation
The Docket Report, Docket Navigator, Docket Alerts and New Case Alerts are designed to be used together and are not available as separate products.Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Supported AI platform
The Connect help page currently lists Claude as a supported AI provider platform.Read 1 Oct 2026 · help.docketnavigator.com

Plans and prices

Antitrust or Securities library Price not published monthly Antitrust or securities docket-only library · group pricing by user count Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Patent library Price not published monthly Patent library · individual subscriptions only for sole proprietors · group pricing by user count Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Patent with Appeals & PTAB Experts library Price not published monthly Patent appeals and PTAB experts · group pricing by user count Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Trademark, Copyright, or Trade Secret library Price not published monthly Trademark, copyright, or trade secret library · group pricing by user count Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com
Unified Patent Court library Price not published monthly Unified Patent Court library · group pricing by user count Read 1 Oct 2026 · brochure.docketnavigator.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Court orders can include up to 29 data fields
  • Search spans over 700 motion types and 1,600 legal concepts
  • Alerts include attorney-written summaries and document links
  • Flat monthly fees have no per-search or per-download charges

Limits

  • No free plan
  • Core products are not available separately
  • Connect is a subscription add-on for group accounts

Who it suits

It suits legal researchers and litigation teams seeking structured case information, alerts, and analytics across federal matters. Group accounts needing AI-provider access can consider the Connect add-on.

Verdict

Docket Navigator combines detailed litigation search with alerts, reports, and case profiles. Its core services are designed to be used together, and Connect is an additional subscription for group accounts.

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