Chapter I - Scope of the Rules |
Rule 1.1 |
Title |
Rule 1.2 |
Scope and Construction |
Rule 1.3 |
Commencing Discovery |
Rule 1.4 |
Cases Received After the Responsive Pleading |
Rule 1.5 |
Modification of Obligations, Case Management Notice |
Rule 1.6 |
Effective Date |
Chapter II - General Provisions |
Rule 2.1 |
Governing Procedures |
Rule 2.2 |
Confidentiality |
Rule 2.3 |
Relationship to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Civil Rules for the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio |
Chapter III - Patent Disclosures |
Rule 3.1 |
Initial Infringement Contentions |
Rule 3.2 |
Document Production Accompanying Initial Infringement Contentions |
Rule 3.3 |
Initial Noninfringement Contentions |
Rule 3.4 |
Document Productions Accompanying Initial Noninfringement Contentions |
Rule 3.5 |
Invalidity and Unenforceability Contentions |
Rule 3.6 |
Document Productions Accompanying Invalidity and Unenforceability Contentions |
Rule 3.7 |
Validity and Enforceability Contentions |
Rule 3.8 |
Disclosure Requirements for Patent Cases for Declaratory Judgment of Invalidity |
Rule 3.9 |
Disclosure Requirements for Patent Cases Arising Under 21 U.S.C. 355 (commonly referred to as "the Hatch-Waxman Act") |
Rule 3.10 |
Amending and Supplementing Contentions, Final Contentions |
Rule 3.11 |
Final Date to Seek Stay Pending Reexamination |
Chapter IV - Claim Construction Proceedings |
Rule 4.1 |
Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction |
Rule 4.2 |
Exchange of Preliminary and Final Claim Constructions and Evidence |
Rule 4.3 |
Expert Claim Construction Discovery |
Rule 4.4 |
Claim Construction Submissions |
Rule 4.5 |
Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement |
Rule 4.6 |
Claim Construction Hearing |
Rule 4.7 |
Close of Fact Discovery, Status Conference |
Rule 4.8 |
Advice of Counsel |
Chapter V - Expert Discovery |
Rule 5.1 |
Disclosure of Experts and Expert Reports |
Rule 5.2 |
Depositions of Experts |
Rule 5.3 |
Presumption Against Suplementation of Reports |
Chapter VI - Dispositive Motions and Trial |
Rule 6.1 |
Filing Dispositive Motions |
Rule 6.2 |
Trial |
Chapter VII - Appendix |
Appendix A - Stipulated Protective Order |
Appendix B - Report of Parties' Planning Meeting in Patent Cases |
Appendix C - Joint Claim Construction Table |