If you subscribe to USPTO email updates like I do, then you probably
received an email recently announcing that the "USPTO Launches
Updated Patent Litigation Toolkit and Hosts Free Webinar about
Toolkit Resources." When one of my colleagues asked why the
USPTO is disseminating information on how to "challenge"
patents that they granted with a presumption of validity, I decided
to open up the toolkit to see what I would find.
The Litigation Toolkit
The USPTO's litigation toolkit is found on its litigation webpage. The email update
described it as follows:
The USPTO has launched an updated
online library of free resources on the USPTO website to help
smaller companies, "Main Street" businesses, and
individual consumers better understand what steps they can take if
they are subject to a patent infringement lawsuit and/or if they
receive a letter with a demand for money to settle the lawsuit. The
USPTO calls the online library a "Patent Litigation
Toolkit." The
