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Cliff A. Maier

Intellectual Property Counseling & Prosecution, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property

Visión general

Clients in the semiconductor, electronics, software, and fintech industries trust Cliff Maier to resolve disputes related to patents and other intellectual property matters in federal courts, arbitrations, inter partes reexamination and other Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, and International Trade Commission investigations.

Experiencia

High-Tech Patent Litigation

Represented:

  • An electronics company in a multi-district litigation against an assertion by Plaintiff of MRI patent: favorable settlement.
  • A solar company in Northern District of California against an assertion by Plaintiff of solar interconnection patent: favorable settlement.
  • An electronics company in Delaware District Court against an assertion by Plaintiff of a light-emitting diode patent: favorable settlement.
  • A green technology engineering company in Central District of California in a declaratory judgment action against owner of exhaust capturing system patent: invalidated patent after bench trial.

Educación

  • Santa Clara University Law School, JD, summa cum laude
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, PhD
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MS
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS, cum laude

Admisiones

  • California

Courts

  • US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • US District Court for the Central District of California
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • US District Court for the Southern District of California
  • US District Court for the Northern District of California
  • US Patent and Trademark Office
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