That's all standard in a patent litigation and is by far the least expensive element of what you'd be paying an atty to do. That is to say, it's basically trivial to get an atty to say that you should contend invalidity via a counterclaim (especially in light of how ยง101 is treated lately). What costs is getting an atty to actually find the invalidating prior art, draft up the counterclaims, etc.
Sorry, I'm confused. If Altair Logix sues some other party, for the same patent, why is this linked list of invalidating prior art and counter claims not useful in reducing cost?
Well that's because you neglected the part where the Least Expensive Element is an attorney telling you that those things should be done, not atually doing them.
