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 | April 9, 2026
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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News | January 16, 2026
Adriene Lepiane Hanlon joins Maier & Maier
Maier & Maier PLLC is proud to announce its newest addition to the firm, Adriene Hanlon. Ms. Hanlon enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the USPTO, starting as an Examiner and ending with a long tenor as an Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). During her time as […]
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News | December 5, 2025
Maier & Maier Secures Victory on Appeal at the Federal Circuit
Maier & Maier 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 was eventually transferred to the […]
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