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Inside Northern District Of California's New Patent Rules

By Sruli Yellin, Fisch Sigler LLP (February 6, 2017, 1:15 PM EST) -- Revisions to the Northern District of California's influential patent local rules (PLRs) became effective on Jan. 17, 2017. While these changes provide for several small tweaks to the rules governing disclosure of infringement contentions and invalidity contentions, the most notable and significant changes impact damages discovery and the disclosure of damages theories and positions. The changes require parties to solidify their damages theories and produce damages information early in the case, long before expert discovery closes, and even before claim construction....

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