(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
