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 | May 6, 2025
USPTO Institutes plan to accelerate patent issuance
Initially announced in a news brief, beginning next week on May 13, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will be accelerating the Issue Dates for patents. Previously, the time between Issue Notification and Issue Date averaged around three weeks. The USPTO is reducing that time to approximately two weeks, allowing patent holders to […]
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News | April 17, 2025
USPTO formally terminates Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program
On April 17, 2025, the USPTO formally announced the termination of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program. The Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program was launched in June 2022 as a replacement to the Green Technology program and allowed for applications involving technologies that reduce, remove, prevent, and/or monitor greenhouse gas emissions to be made special […]
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