The court's Case Management Plan applies to all civil cases - other than patent cases (see below) - in all divisions filed on or after November 16, 2001.
 

• The Case Management Plan (modified February 19, 2013, with revisions to Section III, Paragraph K - Electronically Stored Information "ESI"*) is available in the following formats:

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*ESI Supplement to Report of the Parties' Planning Meeting        PDF      MS-Word

 (The requirement for a CMP Summary is no longer necessary and the previous reference thereto has been removed.)

    

• Uniform Patent Case Management Plan (adopted July 1, 2008).  Note - this version is not to be used in design patent cases or in cases assigned to Chief Judge Richard L. Young (see Track 3 below):
   

  • Phase I (Pre-Markman Ruling) (modified February 19, 2013, with revisions to Section III, Paragraph DD - Electronically Stored Information "ESI"*)

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Summary of the general Patent Uniform Case Management Plan

*ESI Supplement to Report of the Parties' Planning Meeting        PDF      MS-Word

• Phase II (Post-Markman Ruling) (updated March 14, 2012)

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• "Track 3" Uniform Patent Case Management Plan (adopted July 1, 2008, modified February 19, 2013, with revisions to Section III, Paragraph Y - Electronically Stored Information "ESI"*) is for use in design patent cases as well as those cases assigned to Chief Judge Richard L. Young:

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Summary of the Track 3 Uniform Patent Case Management Plan

*ESI Supplement to Report of the Parties' Planning Meeting        PDF      MS-Word