Practising
Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a seminar entitled: "Markman Hearings and Claim Construction
in Patent Litigation 2010" on June 30, 2009 in New York, NY.  Groupcasts of the New York session will
also be held in Atlanta, GA; Mechanicsburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; and
Pittsburgh, PA.  The seminar will provide information on the
following topics:

•
Overview of Markman and its progeny;
the promises and the realities of Markman
in practice;
•
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;
•
Special claim construction problems;
•
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:

1.  Markman
law and claim construction procedures in litigation;
    a.  Overview of Markman and its progeny; the promises and the realities of Markman in practice;
    b.  Claim construction strategy and tactics
in litigation;
2.  How to present an effective Markman hearing;
    a.  The Markman
hearing itself — Practical tips and strategies;
    b.  Special claim construction problems;
3.  Claim construction from business and
governmental perspectives;
    a.  Business perspective;
    b.  Government perspective;
4.  Markman
hearing presentation;
    a.  Patentee's 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 (Atlanta), here (Mechanicsburg),
here (Philadelphia) or here (Pittsburgh).