ANNOUNCEMENT TO ATTORNEYS AND THE PUBLIC
LOCAL PATENT RULES
Revised and adopted January 3, 2022
The local rules are available for public viewing at each Federal Courthouse in Idaho (Boise, Pocatello, and
Coeur d’Alene).
Local rules, among other documents, are available on the court's Internet website at http://www.id.uscourts.gov/. If you do not have access to the Internet, local rules can be provided at the Federal Courthouse closest to you. You can also send your request, with a return addressed and stamped mailer, to:
Clerk, U.S. District Court
550 W Fort St.
Boise, ID 83724
We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please e-mail them to: District Court Local Rules Committee (local_rulesDC@id.uscourts.gov)
Modification of these Rules
General Provisions - Governing Procedure
Certification of Disclosures
Admissibility of Disclosures
Relationship to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Patent Disclosures - Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions
Document Production Accompanying Disclosure
Document Production Accompanying Invalidity Contentions
Disclosure Requirement in Patent Cases for Declaratory Judgment of Invalidity
Disclosure Requirements for Patent Cases Arising Under 21 U.S.C. § 355 ("The Hatch-Waxman Act")
Claim Construction Proceedings - Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction
Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence
Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement
Completion of Claim Construction Discovery
Claim Construction Briefs
Claim Construction Hearing
Discovery after Claim Construction - Discovery other than for Expert Witnesses
Disclosure of Experts and Expert Reports