US · rules
N.D. Cal. Patent L.R. 3-4
Document Production Accompanying Invalidity Contentions
With the “Invalidity Contentions,” the party opposing a claim of patent infringement shall
produce or make available for inspection and copying:
(a) Source code, specifications, schematics, flow charts, artwork, formulas, or other
documentation sufficient to show the operation of any aspects or elements of an Accused
Instrumentality identified by the patent claimant in its Patent L.R. 3-1(c) chart;
(b) A copy or sample of the prior art identified pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-3(a) which does not
appear in the file history of the patent(s) at issue. To the extent any such item is not in
English, an English translation of the portion(s) relied upon shall be produced;
(c) All agreements that may be related to the accused instrumentality or may be comparable
to a license that would result from a hypothetical reasonable royalty negotiation;
(d) Documents sufficient to show the sales, revenue, cost, and profits for accused
instrumentalities identified pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-1(b) for any period of alleged
infringement; and
(e) All agreements that may be used to support the party denying infringement’s damages
case.
The producing party shall separately identify by production number which documents
correspond to each category.
Provenance
- Source
- cand.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
- Content hash
7fbedf3e3baa89a0bcb930bb88379d20171e0d07e193d3858c9c190bd8c2b685
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