Legal iQ (IQPC)
will be holding a Patent Infringement Litigation Summit on December 9-10, 2013
in San Francisco, CA.  IQPC faculty will
help attendees:

• Develop in-house
expertise to facilitate smart decision-making at threshold moments and strong
partnerships with outside counsel;
• Work with outside
counsel in an efficient way to maximize results while minimizing cost;
• Empower your
legal department with proactive strategies to reduce the unexpected workload
burdens that come with patent litigation; and
• Influence and
respond to changes in the patent reform landscape.

In particular, IQPC
faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Organizing the
legal team: Effective strategies for finding the right counsel &
establishing strong, efficient working relationships between in-house &
outside counsel (focus session);
• Helping the judge
& jury navigate complicated, technical cases to make well-informed
decisions;
• Developing a
customized in-house approach to handling patent infringement litigation: One
size does not fit all;
• Negotiating &
using alternative fee arrangements to achieve more cost certainty;
• Making sound
business decisions: Considerations in evaluating whether to litigate or settle;
• Developing clear
expectations & obligations within joint defense groups to maximize value
& reduce redundancy;
• Navigating the
new post-grant review landscape: How to use IPR successfully;
• Using the ITC's
new program for early determination of potentially dispositive issues to limit
unnecessary adjudication in complaints involving standard essential patents or
NPEs;
• Strategies for
early establishment of appropriate discovery limitations to avoid burdensome,
costly, unnecessary discovery;
• Safely navigating
the uncertain damages landscape;
• In-depth review
of recent case law: What new developments mean for patent litigation practice;
• Managing your
patent portfolio & developing an understanding of the patent landscape to
avoid unexpected suits; and
• What you need to
know about defensive patent aggregation & other proactive practices.

Two additional
workshops will also be offered.  The
first workshop, entitled "Working the Rules: A Sampling of the Procedures
in the Most Litigated Jurisdiction," will be offered from 7:30 to 9:30 am
on December 9, 2013.  The second
workshop, entitled "Efficient Discovery Practices to Make the Process Less
Cumbersome & Manage Costs" will be offered from 7:30 to 9:30 am on
December 10, 2013.

An agenda for the
conference can be found here (Day 1)
and here (Day 2).  A complete brochure for this conference,
including an agenda, detailed descriptions of conference sessions, list of
speakers, and registration form can be obtained here.

The registration
fee is $1,399 (conference alone), $549 (either workshop), or $1,899 (conference
and both workshops).  Those registering
by October 4, 2013 will receive a $400 discount off the conference alone or
conference and both workshops, and those registering by November 8, 2013 will
receive a $200 discount off the conference alone or conference and both
workshops.  Those interested in
registering for the conference can do so here.

Patent Docs is a media partner of the IQPC Patent Infringement Litigation Summit.