Robert Maier

Patent litigation and trials, IP strategy and counseling.

Rob Maier is a lead trial lawyer and Chair of the Intellectual Property Group in the Baker Botts New York office. He leads trial teams in patent and other complex IP cases in district courts and the ITC, and directs strategy for multinational companies engaged in worldwide IP disputes. He frequently represents Fortune 500 companies in cases involving a broad range of technologies, from semiconductor manufacturing and smartphones, to drink packaging and stem cells. His practice also includes PTAB matters and counseling in patent, trade secret, and other IP matters.

New York State Bar; U.S.P.T.O.; U.S. Supreme Court; Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; admitted to practice before various district courts; NYIPLA; AIPLA; ABCNY.

Regular Patent and Trademark Law columnist for the “New York Law Journal”; numerous other publications in Law360, The American Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, Intellectual Property Today.

J.D. Fordham Law School; B.S. Computer Engineering, George Washington University; Patent and Trademark Law Columnist, “New York Law Journal” (2017-present); Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School (2012-2017). Before law school, Rob worked as a software engineer in the telecom industry.