Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a seminar entitled: "Markman Hearings and Claim Construction in Patent Litigation" on July 8, 2009 in New York, NY. Groupcasts of the New York session will also be held in New Brunswick, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; and Pittsburgh, PA. The seminar will provide information on the following topics:
• Claim construction procedure, strategies, and tactics;
• How to prepare and prosecute patent applications to obtain appropriate claim construction;
• Discovery, timing, alternatives, and challenges in multi-patent and multi-party cases;
• Evidentiary considerations and the use of demonstratives and other extrinsic evidence;
• Use of experts, inventors, and masters;
• Claim construction from an appellate perspective; and
• After the Markman hearing — effect on further trial proceedings.
In particular, PLI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:
b. Claim construction strategy and tactics in litigation
2. How to present an effective Markman hearing
b. Evidentiary considerations and the use of demonstratives and other extrinsic evidence
3. Claim construction from business and governmental perspectives
b. Government perspective
4. Markman hearing presentation
b. Accused infringer's presentation
c. Discussion of Markman presentations
5. Markman judges' panel: A symposium on the practice, procedure and perspectives of the judiciary and on bigger Markman issues
A program schedule and list of speakers for the seminar can be found here. The registration fee for the conference is $1,495. Those interested in registering for the New York seminar can do so here; those interested in registering for the Groupcasts can do so here (New Brunswick), here (Philadelphia) or here (Pittsburgh).
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