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9:15

When to Reduce Claims and Defenses to a Manageable Level in Paragraph IV Litigation

• Utilizing claim reduction during scheduling negotiations to avoid excessive patent claims
• Deciding when to oppose consolidation of new actions in litigation based on patents issuing from new applications
• Determining when to demand that claims to be tried are representative of all asserted claims and give ride to estoppel

10:00

How to Masterfully Manage Protective Order Disputes

• When to seek limitation on prosecution and regulatory bars
• Deciding how many tiers of confidentiality should be designed and who many access confidential information within each tier
• Best practices for expanding or limiting the scope of protective order provisions

10:45

Practical Strategies and Tactics for
Effective Settlement Negotiation

• Developing timelines for business and legal milestones relatives to terms of the settlement
• Understanding the application of antitrust law’s “rule of reason” to pharmaceutical patent settlements
• Examining decisions concerning pharmaceutical patent settlements