(a) PACER. Filing Users manage access to the court’s ECF system through their
individual PACER account.
(b) Log-In/Password Usage. No Filing User or other person may knowingly permit
or cause to permit a Filing User’s password to be used by anyone other than an
authorized agent of the Filing User, such as a designated ECF filing assistant. The use of
a Filing User’s log-in and password by another attorney or other authorized agent shall be
deemed to be the act of the Filing User.
(c) Obligation to Protect Password. Filing Users must change their password if
they learn that the security of their PACER password has been compromised.
(d) Obligation to Update Information. A Filing User has an obligation to update
the Filing User’s PACER account with any change in the following information: name;
mailing address; firm name or affiliation; primary email address or primary telephone
number. If participating in an active ECF case, a Filing User shall also provide written
notice of such change through the use of the “Notice of Change of Address” event in ECF
in each active case. Filing Users are also obligated to ensure that the email addresses
associated with their accounts are correct and able to successfully accept notices from the
court. The court is not responsible for notices that are rejected by a Filing User’s primary
and/or secondary email address.
(e) Withdrawal as Registered User. Once registered, an attorney of record in an
active ECF case may withdraw from participating in the ECF system only upon motion in
that case. Otherwise, an attorney may withdraw from participating in this court’s ECF
system through their PACER account. An attorney’s withdrawal from participation in the
ECF system will not be construed as authorization for the attorney to file cases or
documents conventionally unless so authorized by court order.
(§ (a) amended 5/15/08; § (e) amended 12/1/15; § (e) amended 12/1/17; § (b) removed, former
§§ (c) through (f) relettered accordingly 12/1/18; §§ (a), (c), and (d) amended; former § (e)
removed, former § (f) amended and relettered 12/1/19)
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APPENDIX B
SUPPLEMENTAL RULES
FOR PATENT CASES
Incorporated as Supplement to Local Rules December 1, 2011
As Amended Through December 1, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 SCOPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL RULES ............................................................................. 1
(a) Title and Citation............................................................................................................... 1
(b) Court Discretion to Depart from Rules ............................................................................. 1
(c) Compliance........................................................................................................................ 1
(d) Relationship to Other Rules .............................................................................................. 1
2.1 PLEADING PATENT INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS OR COUNTERCLAIMS ................ 1
(a) Special Pleading Requirements ......................................................................................... 1
(b) Scope of Discovery ........................................................................................................... 1
