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Maier & Maier was established with the goal of providing intellectual property analysis and advice for large, multi-national corporations, universities, middle-market and emerging market companies, and startups and spinouts. We are proud of our ability to advise our clients, and to obtain patent protection for a wide scale of technologies, and offer years of experience in litigation, licensing, and other intellectual property-related issues.

The History of Our Firm

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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Maier & Maier Obtains Grant of Summary Judgment of Invalidity Based on §101 Related to Wearable Technology

April 5, 2024 – Maier & Maier PLLC is pleased to report that we secured a victory for our client Firstbeat Technologies OY in a case involving a heart rate measuring apparatus incorporated into wearable technology. The case was originally filed by Polar Electro OY in the District of Delaware on November 7, 2011, but […]

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Patent Term Adjustment After Twenty-Five Years*

I.       BACKGROUND A. Twenty-Year Patent Term: Section 532(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA)[1] amended 35 U.S.C. § 154 to provide that the term of a U.S. patent applied for on or after June 8, 1995 begins on its date of issue and ends on the date that is twenty years from the […]

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Maier & Maier Secures Victory in Competitor Litigation

Maier & Maier PLLC is pleased to report that it has obtained victory for its client Mayflower Auto Equipments Inc. in a case involving automotive repair equipment. The case was originally filed by Demax USA Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas on February 18, 2026 (case number 4:26-cv-00177-SDJ). Demax subsequently filed a motion for […]

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USPTO Announces new PIER Pilot Program

The USPTO announced a new PCT Informed Examination Request (PIER) pilot program for 371 national stage applications. Under this pilot PIER program, the USPTO will issue a requirement for information (PIER RFI) in selected 371 applications. The USPTO will not accept requests to opt out of the PIER pilot program. The PIER RFI will require the […]

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