Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding five live sessions of its Patent Litigation 2010 seminar this fall in San Francisco (September 20-21), McLean, VA (October 4-5), Chicago (October 14-15), Atlanta (November 8-9), and New York (November 15-16).  In addition, Groupcasts will be held in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, PA on November 15-16.  Each session of the Patent Litigation 2010 seminar will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Recent developments in patent law and their impact on patent litigation;
• Selecting a litigation forum from among the district courts and the International Trade Commission;
• Follow the money:  NPEs and pre-litigation considerations;
• Discovery issues;
• Parallel patent reexaminations;
• In the aftermath of In re Bilski;
• Opinion letters;
• Contemporary issues in patent royalty damages;
• Dealing with experts;
• Effective, admissible and visual communications — The art and practice of visual persuasion;
• Expert direct/cross demonstration & effective use of visual aids at trial; and
• Ethical issues in patent litigation.

A full program for the Patent Litigation 2010 seminar can be found at one of the following links:  San Francisco, McLean, VA, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, PA.  The registration fee for the seminar is $1,595.  Those interested in registering for the conference can do at one of the following links:  San Francisco, McLean, VA, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, PA.