Full-Service Intellectual Property Law Firm in Alexandria, Virginia

Maier & Maier, PLLC

1000 Duke Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
USA

(703) 740-8322

(703) 991-7071

www.maierandmaier.com

Contact Mr. Timothy J. Maier

Law Firm Overview

Maier and Maier, PLLC was founded to provide expert intellectual property analysis, advice and execution for leading middle market and emerging growth companies. We are primarily focused and take great pride in advising and obtaining patent protection for a wide scale of technologies.

Our attorneys and agents have garnered vast amounts of intellectual property expertise and experience while serving middle market companies from a variety of venues. The attorneys and agents at Maier & Maier, PLLC have worked at such leading intellectual property law firms as Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt and have gained invaluable prosecution experience at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Our distinctive approach to client service is rooted in a common guiding principal of exceeding client expectations by delivering the highest quality advice and excellence in execution, built upon a foundation of uncompromising integrity.

Our intellectual property expertise spans a wide variety of industries and technologies. Maier & Maier, PLLC’s clients range from Fortune 50 corporations to middle market/emerging market companies to individual inventors.

Languages: English and Korean

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Patent Opinions, Patent Petitions, Patent Licensing, Patent Search, Trademark Prosecution, Trademark Licensing, Trademark Search, IP Litigation, IP Investing

Practice Areas Description

Maier and Maier, PLLC offers legal representation and services in the following areas of practice:

- Patent Prosecution

The attorneys and agents at Maier & Maier have extensive experience prosecuting patents in all fields of technology. Our capabilities and expertise allow us to represent and procure patents for a wide variety of Fortune 500 Companies, universities; governmental organizations, small and mid-size companies and solo inventors. Additionally, our offices are fully compatible with the USPTO’s latest electronic filing regulations and can provide our clients with the electronic documents and conversions necessary to file and prosecute patents.

- Patent Litigation

The attorneys at Maier & Maier have extensive experience working on a variety of patent litigation and pre-litigation matters. In particular, these include analyzing the patent(s) and prosecution history, conducting infringement analysis (including taking additional measures to buttress infringement claims), conducting validity analysis (including taking measures to correct validity challenges). We have also counseled clients on potential counterclaims including declaratory judgment, strategic business objectives and alternatives, market position and reviewed competitor's issued patents and pending applications for strategic alternatives and design-around opportunities.

- Patent Opinions

Maier & Maier’s attorneys can provide detailed patent opinions in all fields of technology. We have prepared opinions, including patentability opinions, clearance opinions, validity opinions, invalidity opinions and infringement opinions and non-infringement opinions for a wide variety of diverse clients. We pride ourselves on our comprehensive and complete analysis of your patent, application, invention or idea and any prior, contemporary or new technology or art and utilize our experience in both the public and private sectors of intellectual property law to provide clear and definitive opinions.

- Patent Petitions

Maier & Maier’s attorneys can provide expert petition work for any specialized matter before the USPTO office of Petitions. We have deep experience working with the USPTO petitions examiners to grant petitions to expedite prosecution, petitions to make special for age or illness and petitioning the commissioner to balance the equities in problematic cases before the USPTO. We pride ourselves on our comprehensive and complete analysis of your patent, application, invention or idea and any prior, contemporary or new technology or art and utilize our experience in both the public and private sectors of intellectual property law to get your specialized petitions granted in the USPTO.

- Patent Licensing

Maier & Maier’s attorneys have wide-spread experience preparing and negotiating licensing agreements among both patent holders and those desiring to obtain the rights to patented technology. Further, before patent holders proceed with the licensing of their intellectual property, we can provide the patent holder with a valuation of your patent so that the patent holder can obtain their desired royalty as well as targeting potential products, fields and ideas that may be ripe for licensing. Additionally, the professional staff at Maier & Maier is able to use their expertise in other areas, such as patent searching, design-around consulting and opinion drafting in order to buttress our clients’ positions in licensing negotiations. We also routinely review licensing agreements and provide advice opinions regarding existing agreements.

- Patent Search

Maier & Maier’s attorneys and agents have extensive backgrounds in patent searching. Our professional staff includes a variety of former professional patent examiners and professional searchers who provide detailed and accurate searches in every field of technology. Additionally, we can provide in-depth analysis of your search results and work with you to tailor your idea or invention to better overcome prior art.

- Trademark Prosecution

Maier & Maier’s staff includes attorneys and former trademark examiners with extensive experience in both filing and procuring trademarks. Our capabilities and expertise allow us to represent and procure trademarks for a wide variety of Fortune 500 Companies, universities; governmental organizations, small and mid-size companies and start-ups. Additionally, our offices are fully compatible with the USPTO’s latest electronic filing regulations and can provide our clients with the electronic documents and conversions necessary to file and prosecute trademarks.

- Trademark Oppositions

Maier & Maier’s staff includes attorneys and former trademark examiners with extensive experience in trademark oppositions. Our staff is able to guide clients through the complex opposition process, whether they intend to cancel the trademark of a potential competitor or if their trademark is being opposed. Additionally clients can utilize our search and review services to determine if trademarks should be the target for opposition or if desired marks may be the subject of future oppositions.

- Trademark Licensing

Maier & Maier’s attorneys have wide-spread experience preparing and negotiating licensing agreements among both trademark holders and those desiring to obtain the rights to trademarks. Further, before trademark holders proceed with the licensing of their intellectual property, we can provide the trademark holder with a valuation of your mark so that the patent holder can obtain their desired royalty as well as targeting potential products, fields and ideas that may be ripe for licensing. We also routinely review licensing agreements and provide advice opinions regarding existing agreements.

- Trademark Search

The attorneys and professionals at Maier & Maier excel in performing broad-reaching trademark searches. Our searches canvass the U.S. Trademark Office records of all registered, pending, expired, canceled or abandoned trademarks and service marks. Additionally our search services can be tailored to target other marks, registered or not, that may be potentially infringing, confusing or ripe for licensing.

- IP Litigation

The attorneys at Maier & Maier have extensive experience working on a variety of patent litigation and pre-litigation matters. In particular, these include analyzing the patent(s) and prosecution history, conducting infringement analysis (including taking additional measures to buttress infringement claims), conducting validity analysis (including taking measures to correct validity challenges). We have also counseled clients on potential counterclaims including declaratory judgment, strategic business objectives and alternatives, market position and reviewed competitor's issued patents and pending applications for strategic alternatives and design-around opportunities.

- Investing in IP

Maier & Maier provide a variety of unique services with respect to intellectual property and investing. Specifically we are able to provide clients with a general valuation of their intellectual property portfolio through our skills in competition searching and claim analysis. Further we can provide specific financial target amounts for intellectual property portfolios in order to assist clients in the licensing, selling or litigation of any of their IP.

Affiliations

American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Association
European Patent Office
World Intellectual Property Association

Attorneys

	Mr. Timothy Harbeck Associate Intellectual Property		Mr. Max Kaganov Law Clerk Patents
	Mr. Timothy J. Maier Principal, Registered Patent Attorney Intellectual Property, Licensing Law, Litigation, Patents, Patent Preparation & Prosecution		Mr. Christopher J. Maier Principal, Registered Patent Attorney Intellectual Property, Patents, Patent Prosecution
	Mr. Jon Schiffrin Attorney Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Trademark Registration