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McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC is Iowa’s oldest and largest boutique intellectual property law firm, helping clients protect their intellectual property…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 1 Feb 2023
Celebrating George Washington Carver Day
Today has been designated as George Washington Carver Day in Iowa and what a fitting tribute to kick off Black History Month in February. Born into…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 30 Jan 2023
Use Matters: Radio Hosts’ Attempt to Prevent Commercialization of “White Lives Matter” Phrase Unlikely to Succeed
Late last year, news broke that ownership of the trademark for the phrase "White Lives Matter," which has been categorized by the Anti-Defamation…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 26 Jan 2023
OMG Dolls v. OMG Girlz Ends in Mistrial
On January 25, 2023, a trial between rapper T.I. And doll maker MGA Entertainment Inc. ended in a mistrial after the judge determined that improper…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 26 Jan 2023
FDA’s New Pathway for CBD Products: What Businesses Need to Know
The CBD industry is buzzing with today's news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working with Congress to develop a new regulatory…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 19 Jan 2023
USPTO Introduces New Tool to Help Creators Identify Their Intellectual Property
Yesterday at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Women’s Entrepreneurship (WE) event in Naples, Florida, Under Secretary of Commerce for…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 18 Jan 2023
2022 U.S. Patent Filings Statistics
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received 646,855 patent applications in fiscal 2022 (October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022), according to…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 17 Jan 2023
New Record for 2022 U.S. Patent Filings
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received a record 417,922 patent applications in 2022. This is a 2% increase over filings in 2021. However…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 11 Jan 2023
IP is Everywhere!!!
We attend a lot of conferences and other events, and it is not uncommon to hear someone tell us, "Your job seems exciting, but we just don't have any…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 6 Jan 2023
Will non-competes be a thing of the past?
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is starting 2023 off with a bang by publishing a Notice of Proposed Rule-making (available here) that propose…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 5 Jan 2023
Staccato Cherry U.S. Plant Patent Invalidated
On December 30, 2022, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Washington granted a motion for summary judgment seeking to invalidate U.S. Plant…
