News | November 12, 2024
Maier & Maier Secures Victory At the International Trade Commission
April 22, 2024 – Maier & Maier PLLC is pleased to report that our clients Hikam America, Inc., Hikam Electrónica de México, S.A. de C.V., Hikam Tecnologia de Sinaloa, Hewtech Philippines Corp., Hewtech Philippines Electronics Corp., and Hewtech (Shenzhen) Electronics Co., Ltd. have been terminated from ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-1365. The Firm represented six of […]
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News | September 23, 2025
Double Patenting, Recent Developments, and Practical Considerations
Summary: The double patenting doctrine is a well-established facet of the United States patent law, having historic roots going back to the early 1800s. The purpose of the double patenting doctrine is to address the situation in which multiple patents (or applications and patents) claim patentably indistinct subject matter, but have some commonality that precludes […]
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News | July 9, 2025
Kathleen Cooney-Porter returns to USPTO as Senior Trademark Advisor
Kathleen Cooney-Porter has announced her return to the USPTO to serve as a senior trademark advisor Under Secretary and Director of The United States Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Cooney-Porter is an expert in trademark matters having previously worked both at the USPTO as a trademark examiner and senior law advisor as well as […]
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News | June 26, 2025
Acting Director Stewart Revises Vidal Era Sanction Decision
On June 5th, 2025, Acting Director Coke Stewart modified a previous Vidal order by announcing that sanctions cancelling claims considered not unpatentable on the merits were too harsh when no “extraordinary circumstances” existed in an Inter-Partes Review (IPR) proceeding. This is a reversal of former Director Kathi Vidal’s position that these sanctions were appropriate in […]
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