Maskell Law

I'll research this firm before drafting.

Let me dig into the tracked case and any PTAB activity.

Maskell Law PLLC — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Firm overview. Maskell Law PLLC is a small, Arlington, Virginia–based intellectual property and business law firm, founded in 2014 and headquartered at 937 N. Daniel Street, Arlington, VA 22201 (a prior listed address of 888 N. Quincy St., Suite 701, Arlington, appears in older directory records). Third-party business profiles estimate headcount at roughly 1–10 employees, which is consistent with the firm's own attorney page listing only a handful of lawyers. This is not a BigLaw firm, a national IP boutique, or an AmLaw/Chambers–ranked practice — no AmLaw, Chambers, or similar firm-level ranking was located, and none should be attributed to it. Its footprint appears to be a single Washington, D.C.–area office serving Virginia, D.C., and Maryland practice.

IP litigation specialty. The firm describes itself generally as a "Business and Intellectual Property Law" practice spanning litigation, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, technology agreements, and corporate/startup work — a broad generalist-IP model rather than a deep bench in any single technology vertical. Founder Benjamin Maskell holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia (J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 2009) and spent 2009–2014 as a patent attorney at Holland & Knight, Roetzel & Andress, and Fox Rothschild before opening his own shop, so software/computer-adjacent subject matter is the most defensible technology characterization. The tracked case, Klipsta Pty Limited v. Lindsay Albanese, involves consumer-product/mechanical subject matter (Klipsta is an Australian bag-clip/bag-holder product, and Lindsay Albanese is a consumer accessories brand), which fits a small-firm docket of consumer goods and mechanical/design disputes. There is no public evidence of a Wi-Fi/standards-essential, pharmaceutical, or semiconductor litigation specialty.

Side preference. Based on the tracked data, the firm's patent docket runs defendant-side: 1 of 1 tracked appearances is on the defense side, as lead counsel, with zero plaintiff-side appearances. That said, the sample is too small for a categorical "defense-only" characterization — the firm's own Avvo profile states that it represents both plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement matters "from Fortune 500 companies to 3-man start-ups." Read together, the defensible statement is that the firm takes both sides of patent disputes but its single tracked litigation appearance is a defense engagement; it does not prosecute for NPEs/PAEs at any observable scale.

Notable cases and outcomes. The only case in the tracked list is Klipsta Pty Limited v. Lindsay Albanese, with Benjamin E. Maskell as lead counsel for the defendant. I was unable to verify the docket, court, patent numbers, or any disposition through web search, so no verdict, settlement, or appeal outcome can be reported for it. Separately, a public docket search surfaced Shenzhen Jianke Technology Co., Ltd. v. Earthables Ltd. (No. 3:25-cv-00357, E.D. Va.), in which Maskell appears as lead attorney for defendant/counterclaimant Earthables Ltd. — note this appearance is not in the authoritative tracked list and should be treated as an unverified public docket observation. Beyond that, the firm's publicly visible IP work is concentrated in trademark prosecution and TTAB appeals (e.g., an ex parte appeal in In re Kalamba Games Limited, Serial No. 97002439) rather than patent trial work.

PTAB / IPR practice. No IPR, PGR, or CBM filings by Maskell Law were located, and no public report supports a measurable PTAB practice at this firm. The absence of search results is not proof of zero filings, but on the available record the firm should not be described as having an established IPR/PGR practice.

Practice leadership. Benjamin E. Maskell is the firm's principal and the only attorney with a tracked IP litigation appearance; he is the founder and owner and has been repeatedly recognized as a Virginia "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property Litigation by Super Lawyers (2014–2015, 2017–2021). Other attorneys at the firm include Adele M. Garmirian (business/corporate, civil litigation, and some IP) and Kelsey Littner (associate, business and IP, D.C. bar). No other patent litigation partner is reliably identified in public sources, and no IP litigation partner other than Maskell appears in the firm's litigation record.