Back from the coast Matthew M. Catlett joined McKee, Voorhees and Sease March 1 to practice in the firm’s Biotechnology group. Matt graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1999. He has a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology/Genetics and completed his thesis entitled ‘Molecular Mapping of Chromosomal Rearrangement Breakpoints of the Triplo-lethal Locus of Drosophila melanogaster.’ […] Continue Reading →
FOCUS: THE COMPUTER LAW GROUP Software and Internet related issues are hot topics in the computer law area. Attorneys from the MVS Computer Law group are well versed in this area and frequently speak to other lawyers and businesspersons on a variety of these subjects.John Goodhue recently gave two presentations at a seminar sponsored by the National Business Institute; one […] Continue Reading →
MAGIC CHEF VS. MASTER CHEF Our firm recently filed an opposition in the United States Trademark Office on behalf of Maytag Corporation against Hopper Radio of Florida, Inc. Maytag is the owner of the famous ‘MAGIC CHEF’ trademark that has been used for many years on kitchen appliances including ovens, freezers, refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, blenders, and mixers. Maytag has opposed […] Continue Reading →
MVS ATTORNEY SPEAKS TO AIAA Scott Johnson, a patent attorney with MVS’s litigation and mechanical prosecution group, was invited to speak at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) 40th Annual Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Reno, Nevada, the topic: Managing Intellectual Property in the Electronic Economy. Johnson focused on the importance of IP to help businesses recoup research and […] Continue Reading →
MVS ATTORNEY’S BOOK CONTINUES TO TEACH LAWYERS TO COMMUNICATE PERSUASIVELY As reported in the last issue of MVS Spotlight, John D. Goodhue has authored a book called Persuasive Presentations: The Essential Guide for Lawyers, in conjunction with Ann E. Brenden of the Iowa Attorney General’s office. The book is published by the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Division and currently is the Law Practice […] Continue Reading →
MVS employees offer a helping hand In February McKee, Voorhees and Sease began a community service project of serving meals to the residents at the Door of Faith Mission in downtown Des Moines. When the project was first proposed, it was anticipated that 12 people would be willing to pitch in and help out. Instead, twice as many staff and attorneys […] Continue Reading →
PATENTS GRANTED FOR COMPUTERIZED INSTRUCTION OF SPEECH SYSTEM A McKee, Voorhees and Sease client recently received two patents related to computerized instruction of speech, reading and other language skills (6,186,794 and 6,206,700; apparatus for interactive adaptive learning by an individual through at least one of a stimuli presentation device and a user perceivable display). First, the computer presents tasks to the student. Then […] Continue Reading →
Response to Supreme Court case In our last issue we reported the firm’s success at the United States Supreme Court in the Pioneer seed patent case. State legislatures, including Iowa, are introducing legislation that restricts the ability of seed companies to use a ‘bag tag license’ limiting what seed purchasers can do with purchased seed (i.e., grow a cash crop, […] Continue Reading →
AUDI SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED A trial team headed withattorneys from our firm, andin conjunction with attorneysfrom the New York firm ofDavis & Gilbert, defendedAudi of America and itsadvertising agency, McKinney& Silver of North Carolina, ina copyright infringement casetried in Federal Court for theN.D. of Iowa (Cedar Rapids)November 27 – December 3,2001. Audi was accused ofinfringing a copyright on averse […] Continue Reading →
BIOTECH DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO GROW Lila Akrad and Tonya Y. Bradyhave recently joined the firmin our Biotech Department.Both have extensive expertiseand we welcome them.Akrad received her B.S. fromthe University of Kansas inOrganismal Biology, did postgraduatestudy at Iowa State,and then completed her lawdegree at the Vermont LawSchool. Her expertise includesAquamed, Microbiology,Neuroanatomy, OrganicChemistry and Parasitology.Brady received her B.S. inMolecular Genetics fromOhio State […] Continue Reading →