Desmarais LLP | Professional Detail

Mr. Maier’s practice focuses on patent infringement litigation, appeals, and inter partes review proceedings. Mr. Maier enjoys diving into all different types of technical fields and is a natural teacher of technology, having helped teach an undergraduate engineering course during his graduate and law school studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He also focuses his pro bono work on helping artists with intellectual property disputes.

Mr. Maier has experience with all aspects of patent litigation, including direct and cross-examination at trial, Markman hearings, and all forms of discovery. Mr. Maier has practiced before numerous U.S. District Courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the International Trade Commission, and has argued before the Federal Circuit. Mr. Maier has been recognized for his work by various publications, including Best Lawyers, IAM, and Super Lawyers.

Prior Experience

Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, 2007-2013
Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, 2014-2018

Other Distinctions

U.S. News & World Report, Best Lawyers, Leading Patent Lawyer
IAM Patent 1000 – Individual Litigation: Bronze Ranking (New York), 2026

Mr. Maier's representative district court cases include:

Representing defendant semiconductor manufacturer in the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the Northern District of California in several different cases involving LED technology, semiconductor fabrication chambers and tools, and semiconductor manufacturing processes that each ended in either jury verdicts of noninfringement or favorable settlements.
Representing defendant smartphone maker in the Western District of Texas in a case involving encryption technology that resulted in a jury verdict of noninfringement.
Representing plaintiff/counterclaim-defendant wearable device maker in the District of Delaware in a case involving smart watches that resulted in a favorable jury verdict.
Representing defendant surgical robotics company in the District of Delaware that resulted in favorable settlement right before trial after many years of litigation.
Representing defendant smartphone maker in the Eastern District of Texas in a case involving location monitoring technology that resulted in a favorable settlement.
Representing defendant computer processor manufacturer in the Eastern District of Texas in a case involving transistor design and fabrication that resulted in dismissal following IPR.
Representing defendant software maker in the Southern District of New York in a case concerning graphical user interfaces for educational software that resulted in a favorable settlement.
Representing plaintiff/counterclaim-defendant smartphone maker in the Northern District of California in cases involving numerous smartphone technologies that resulted in a favorable jury verdict spanning numerous claims between the parties.
Representing plaintiff filmmaker in the Eastern District of New York over copyright dispute.
Representing defendant point-of-sale device makers in the Southern District of New York that resulted in summary judgment of noninfringement.
Representing defendant car maker in the Western District of Washington in a case involving infotainment systems that resulted in a jury verdict of noninfringement.
Representing plaintiff network equipment maker in the Central District of California in a case involving storage area networks that resulted in favorable jury verdict.
Representing defendant search engine provider in the Eastern District of Texas in a case involving online advertising that resulted in a favorable settlement.
Representing defendant bank in the Eastern District of Texas in a case involving automated checking technology that resulted in a favorable settlement.

Mr. Maier's representative ITC cases include:

Representing respondent smartphone maker in multiple different ITC proceedings involving wireless transceivers, graphical user interfaces, and image processing technology, resulting in findings of noninfringement or invalidity.
Representing respondent computer processor manufacturer in different proceedings involving voltage regulation and semiconductor packaging, resulting in findings of noninfringement.

Mr. Maier's representative IPRs include:

Representing semiconductor manufacturer as petitioner in multiple different proceedings involving semiconductor structures, semiconductor fabrication, and electrical circuits, resulting in majority of challenged claims being found unpatentable or in favorable settlements.
Representing computer processor manufacturer as petitioner in proceedings involving voltage regulation, resulting in challenged claims being found unpatentable.
Representing company using plasma processing chambers as petitioner in numerous proceedings involving thin film deposition, resulting in over 400 challenged claims being found unpatentable.

Masimo Infringed 2 Apple Watch Patents, Jury Finds -Law360, October 25, 2024
Apple Doesn't Infringe Digital Identity Patents, Jury Finds -Law360, October 7, 2024
WDTX Jury Clears Samsung In $4B Chip Patent Trial -Law360, February 21, 2024

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2007, cum laude; Executive Submissions Editor, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, M.S.E., Electrical Engineering, Concentration in Optics, 2004

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, 2003

HBX/Harvard Business School, Credential of Readiness (CORe), Business Analytics, Financial Accounting, Economics for Managers, with honors, 2015

ADMISSIONS

2008, New York

Registered to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office