Timothy Maier
Timothy Maier
Maier & Maier, PLLC
1000 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
USA
Timothy Maier is a registered Patent Attorney and practices all aspects of patent law. Mr. Maier has experience in a wide array of patent law, including patent preparation and prosecution; patent litigation; pre-litigation analysis, patent reissue and reexamination proceedings; interference practice; strategic national and international patent portfolio development and management; patentability, validity, invalidity, infringement, freedom to operate and due diligence opinions and design patents. Mr. Maier's technical expertise includes various aspects of electro-mechanical, and electrical, mechanical and telecommunication engineering, and he has served clients in highly competitive technical areas, including medical devices, telecommunications, consumer electronics, cosmetic devices, packaging, semiconductors, e-commerce software, optics, and business methods.
Mr. Maier's experience and expertise most recently has focused on providing a range of patent services to clients and developing patent strategies that complement the client's business objectives. In particular, he enjoys developing and managing patent portfolios for the world market, for both start-up, middle market and Fortune 500 companies. To this end, he also analyzes competitors' patent portfolios and products to counsel clients regarding enhancement and enforcement of their patent portfolio, potential investment of contemplated products, strategic design-arounds, and acquisition of technology.
Prior to founding Maier & Maier, PLLC, Mr. Maier was formerly an attorney with Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C. and Harness, Dickey and Pierce, PLLC.
Mr. Maier received his Bachelor of Science from Vanderbilt University, his Masters in Telecommunications Engineering from George Mason University School of Engineering, and his Law degree from George Mason University School of Law. Mr. Maier completed the Intellectual Property Law sequence while attending George Mason University School of Law, an intense concentration in intellectual property law.
Mr. Maier is licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Eastern District Court of Virginia, and the Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) IP law associations committee member (two-year term), the American Bar Association (ABA Patents, Trademarks and Copyright Divisions), the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and is an author for www.postgrant.com, a leading intellectual property law blog.