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Expert Discovery

D.N.H. Local Rule 8.1

Expert discovery on issues other than claim construction will proceed as follows: (a) Expert Reports. (1) Opening expert reports on issues for which the parties will bear the burden of proof at trial will be due forty-five (45) days after service of the Final Invalidity Contentions, or, in cases in which invalidity is not at issue, forty-five (45) days after service of the Final Infringement Contentions; (2) Rebuttal expert reports will be due forty-five (45) days after service of the opening expert reports. (b) Completion of Expert Depositions. Completion of expert depositions will occur no later than forty-five (45) days after service of the rebuttal expert reports.
Official source: https://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/pdf/2025%20Local%20Rules%20-%20District%20of%20New%20Hampshir · retrieved 2026-07-23