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D. Md. L.R. 801
Scope
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, these Rules apply to all civil actions filed in or
transferred to this Court in which one or more parties (a) assert claims of patent
infringement; (b) seek a declaratory judgment that a patent is not infringed, is invalid, or is
unenforceable; (c) seek an order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 256 directing the Director of
Patents of the United States Patent Office to issue a certificate to correct an error regarding
the identity of inventors; or (d) assert a claim pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 292 for false marking.
Section I of the Local Rules of this Court shall also apply to such actions, except to the
extent that they are inconsistent with the Local Rules in this Section VIII.
Provenance
- Source
- www.mdd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
- Content hash
a2761027ff03c2a154ae6386da19005007406504830b7527d754f66a1f7e1478
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