Local Rule SPR 8.1: Expert Discovery
D.N.H. — Patent rule
8.1 EXPERT DISCOVERY Expert discovery on issues other than claim construction will proceed as follows:
(a) Expert Reports.
(1) Opening expert reports on issues for which the parties will bear the burden of proof at trial will be due forty-five (45) days after service of the Final Invalidity Contentions, or, in cases in which invalidity is not at issue, forty-five (45) days after service of the Final Infringement Contentions;
(2) Rebuttal expert reports will be due forty-five (45) days after service of the opening expert reports.
(b) Completion of Expert Depositions. Completion of expert depositions will occur no later than forty-five (45) days after service of the rebuttal expert reports.