Cosmin Maier

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.

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