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Switch from Patent Pros to Lit

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:35 pm
by Anonymous User
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)?

Re: Switch from Patent Pros to Lit

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:20 am
by Anonymous User
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Re: Switch from Patent Pros to Lit

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:17 am
by Anonymous User
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.