Disclosure Requirement in Patent Cases for Declaratory Judgment of Invalidity (a) Invalidity Contentions If No Claim of Infringement. In all cases in which a party files a complaint or other pleading
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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(b) Inapplicability of Rule. This Patent L.R. 3-5 shall not apply to cases in which a request for a declaratory judgment that a patent is invalid is filed in response to a complaint for infringement of the same patent.