Document Production Accompanying Final Invalidity Contentions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Rule Set: Local Patent Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Rule: 3.3

Jurisdiction: NDIL

Bluebook Citation: N.D. Ill. L. Pat. R. 3.3

All Rules: N.D. Ill. Local Patent Rules, complete index


Text

With the Final Invalidity Contentions, the party asserting invalidity of any patent claim shall produce or make available for inspection and copying: a copy or sample of all prior art identified pursuant to LPR 3.1(b), to the extent not previously produced, that does not appear in the file history of the patent(s) at issue. If any such item is not in English, an English translation of the portion(s) relied upon shall be produced. The translated portion of the non-English prior art shall be sufficient to place in context the particular matter upon which the party relies.

The producing party shall separately identify by production number which documents correspond to each category.

Chat with this local rule using AI

Ask CiteLaw's AI Navigator anything about this local rule, verify citations, and research related authorities. Sign up for CiteLaw free today to get started.