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ANNOUNCEMENT TO ATTORNEYS AND THE PUBLIC

LOCAL PATENT RULES

Revised and adopted January 3, 2022

The local rules are available for public viewing at each Federal Courthouse in Idaho (Boise, Pocatello, and
Coeur d’Alene).

Local rules, among other documents, are available on the court's Internet website at http://www.id.uscourts.gov/.  If you do not have access to the Internet, local rules can be provided at the Federal Courthouse closest to you.  You can also send your request, with a return addressed and stamped mailer, to:

Clerk, U.S. District Court
550 W Fort St.
Boise, ID 83724

We welcome your comments and suggestions.  Please e-mail them to: District Court Local Rules Committee (local_rulesDC@id.uscourts.gov)

Loc. Pat. R.  1.1

Title

Loc. Pat. R.  1.2

Scope and Construction

Loc. Pat. R.  1.3

Modification of these Rules

Loc. Pat. R.  1.4

Effective Date

Loc. Pat. R.  2.1

General Provisions - Governing Procedure

Loc. Pat. R.  2.2

Confidentiality

Loc. Pat. R.  2.3

Certification of Disclosures

Loc. Pat. R.  2.4

Admissibility of Disclosures

Loc. Pat. R.  2.5

Relationship to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Loc. Pat. R.  2.6

Limitations on Discovery

Loc. Pat. R.  3.1

Patent Disclosures - Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions

Loc. Pat. R.  3.2

Document Production Accompanying Disclosure

Loc. Pat. R.  3.3

Invalidity Contentions

Loc. Pat. R.  3.4

Document Production Accompanying Invalidity Contentions

Loc. Pat. R.  3.5

Disclosure Requirement in Patent Cases for Declaratory Judgment of Invalidity

Loc. Pat. R.  3.6

Disclosure Requirements for Patent Cases Arising Under 21 U.S.C. § 355 ("The Hatch-Waxman Act")

Loc. Pat. R.  3.7

Amendment to Contentions

Loc. Pat. R.  3.8

Advice of Counsel

Loc. Pat. R.  4.1

Claim Construction Proceedings - Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction

Loc. Pat. R.  4.2

Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence

Loc. Pat. R.  4.3

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement

Loc. Pat. R.  4.4

Completion of Claim Construction Discovery

Loc. Pat. R.  4.5

Claim Construction Briefs

Loc. Pat. R.  4.6

Claim Construction Hearing

Loc. Pat. R.  4.7

Good Faith Participation

Loc. Pat. R.  5.1

Discovery after Claim Construction - Discovery other than for Expert Witnesses

Loc. Pat. R.  5.2

Disclosure of Experts and Expert Reports

Loc. Pat. R.  5.3

Depositions of Experts