TIME FOR DISCLOSURES
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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(a) A plaintiff pleading infringement of a patent shall first make its Disclosure of Infringement Contentions within thirty (30) days after filing of the Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan. A plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgment of patent invalidity or non-infringement shall likewise first make its Disclosure of Invalidity Contentions within thirty (30) days after filing of the Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan. (b) A defendant responding to a declaratory judgment action and pleading infringement of a patent in a counterclaim shall first make its Disclosure of Infringement Contentions within thirty (30) days after service of the plaintiff=s Disclosure of Invalidity Contentions. A defendant opposing a claim of patent infringement shall first make its Disclosure of Invalidity Contentions and its Response to Infringement within thirty (30) days after the plaintiff=s Disclosure of Infringement Contentions.
(c) A plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgment of patent invalidity or non-infringement, and responding to a counter-claim of patent infringement, shall produce its Response to Infringement Contentions within twenty (20) days after the defendant=s Disclosure of Infringement Contentions. PR-9