Docket Navigator
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and intelligence platform built on structured litigation data.
What Docket Navigator is
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and intelligence platform built on structured litigation data. Most of its data is hand-coded by licensed U.S. attorneys, and court orders can include up to 29 data fields. Search filters cover document type, motion posture and result, legal issue, parties, firms, attorneys, courts, patents, text, case status, outcomes, and dates. Its taxonomies span more than 700 motion types and more than 1,600 legal concepts. Case Profile Alerts deliver new docket entries with attorney-written summaries and document links. The Docket Report gives daily summaries of 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 link research with an organization’s AI provider platform; the Connect help page lists Claude as supported. A 30-day trial is available, and access is via web and API.
Good
- Search spans detailed litigation fields and taxonomies.
- Attorney-written summaries accompany Case Profile Alerts.
- New Case Alerts monitor PACER throughout the day.
- Profiles include judge, party, and case information.
- A 30-day trial is available.
Watch out
- No free plan is available.
- The Docket Report and alert products are not sold separately.
- Docket Navigator Connect is a subscription add-on for group accounts.
Who it suits
Docket Navigator suits legal teams researching and monitoring federal litigation, including patent, copyright, trademark, antitrust, securities, and trade secret matters. Its structured data, alerts, and profiles may also help with litigation strategy and business development.
Verdict
Docket Navigator combines structured litigation records, search, alerts, and profiles for research and monitoring. Buyers should note that its report and alert products are designed to be used together, while AI connection is an added subscription for group accounts.
Plans and prices
From Docket Navigator's own pricing page, checked 1 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Antitrust or Securities library | — | Antitrust or securities docket-only library · group pricing by user count · monthly |
| Patent library | — | Patent library · individual subscriptions only for sole proprietors · group pricing by user count · monthly |
| Patent with Appeals & PTAB Experts library | — | Patent appeals and PTAB experts · group pricing by user count · monthly |
| Trademark, Copyright, or Trade Secret library | — | Trademark, copyright, or trade secret library · group pricing by user count · monthly |
| Unified Patent Court library | — | Unified Patent Court library · group pricing by user count · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Docket Navigator's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Analytics and profiles
- Case, patent, party and judge profiles provide litigation history, outcomes, timing and decision information for litigation strategy.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Business development
- New Case Alerts monitor PACER throughout the day and notify users when covered new cases are available.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Case monitoring
- Case Profile Alerts deliver new docket entries, attorney-written summaries of underlying documents and links to the documents.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- All rates are flat monthly fees with no per-search, per-download, per-alert, per-minute or per-click charges.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Docket Navigator is a litigation research and intelligence platform built on structured litigation data.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 1 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported AI platform
- The Connect help page currently lists Claude as a supported AI provider platform.checked 1 Oct 2026
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