What is PACER?

PACER is a government system to access US court records.

Why do I need it?

Docket Alarm uses PACER to access Federal Court documents. We charge PACER fees to your account without any markup.

What will I be charged?

PACER charges ten cents per “page” to download court information, with a max of $3.00 a document. PACER fees are only incurred for Federal Courts and Bankruptcies. They are not incurred for the PTAB or ITC.

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Docket Alarm runs full-text searches across millions of law-suits and can deliver real-time alerts to your inbox or mobile device.

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Never manually check the court docket again. Receive email alerts on any new court activity with filings attached.

Get alerts whenever a new lawsuit is filed matching your search criteria. Bulk download hundreds of filings at once, and export anything to a spreadsheet.

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Patent Trial and Appeal Board and International Trade Commission

Docket Alarm is the most comprehensive resource available for the PTAB and ITC. We have every decision, motion, petition, and exhibit categorized and tagged to make searching a breeze.

Federal and Bankruptcy Courts

Docket Alarm has millions of court opinions and is the largest Federal court database on the net for recent cases. Easily search and track cases in all 50 states and quickly filter by party, attorney, judge, and more.

flexible pricing

You spoke, we listened. Docket Alarm offers a monthly plan as well as a pay as you go plan. Whether you want to download 2 documents or 200, we have you covered.

PTAB Analytics

Manage client expectations and gain a tactical advantage with our PTAB statistics platform. Our case predictor can tell you the likelihood of winning given a particular judge, technology area, law firm or party.

Here’s What Our Clients Have To Say

“New legal developments occur every day under the new AIA proceedings before the PTAB, and Docket Alarm is an invaluable tool for finding the most up to date information needed to give you the upper hand in these cases. It is the most comprehensive resource available for performing legal research and case tracking for PTAB proceedings.”

- Jason R. Mudd, Partner, Erise IP, represented petitioner in the first-ever inter partes review

“In addition to Docket Alarm's search capabilities, its PTAB analytics platform saves me and my team dozens of hours of labor intensive research. In just a few clicks, I can spot trends across judges and technology areas, see institution and claim cancellation rates, and see how a particular party's PTAB proceedings are progressing.”

- Brad D. Pedersen, Patent Practice Chair, Patterson Thuente IP