RESOLVED, IPO does not support modification of initial disclosure rules to require disclosure of licensees, or those with financial or control interests in asserted patents or patent owners, beyond disclosures necessary to establish litigation standing and real parties in interest. Such non-ownership disclosures are better handled in discovery under appropriate protective orders and in accordance with Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Patent ownership and real party in interest disclosures are already required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure such as Rules 7.1(a)(1), 17 and 26(a).
