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Considering a career change from patent prosecution to IP litigation. For those who have successfully made the switch, which aspects of patent prosecution work are helpful / transferable to litigation? How do you go about selling yourself in the interviews (assuming the transition is for a junior associate)?

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Anonymous User wrote:Considering a career change from patent prosecution to IP litigation. For those who have successfully made the switch, which aspects of patent prosecution work are helpful / transferable to litigation? How do you go about selling yourself in the interviews (assuming the transition is for a junior associate)?

Responding to OAs is fairly similar to arguing non-infringement. If you did any IPRs, that would be directly transferable. But the most useful skill is probably claim construction and the ability to quickly come up with a infringement/non-infringement/invalidity position by comparing patents and references.