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MVS Partner Heidi Nebel is featured in Part 1 of TechPipeline’s two-part series on university trends in plant intellectual property protection, sharing insights on IP strategy, technology transfer, and plant innovation: https://t.co/sQKOsZovcf

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MVS is proud to announce that six of our attorneys were named to the 2026 Great Plains Super Lawyers list!

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and thank you for your dedication to our clients!

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MVS is proud to welcome Rob Tebben to the team as our summer clerk! Rob is a first-year law student at Drake Law with an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State and an MBA from University of Iowa. Rob also currently serves in the Marine Corps Reserves.

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We’re excited to share that MVS partner Cassie Edgar will be speaking at the Central Iowa Business Conference today as part of the panel, “Capital Panel: Funding Your Business from Every Angle.”

Looking forward to a great conversation!

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A strong patent application starts long before drafting begins. In her latest Filewrapper, MVS attorney Melissa Mitchell shares six practical ways inventors can help their patent attorney build a stronger, more effective patent application.

https://t.co/uEbzpvNQto

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Will you be gifting roses for Mother’s Day this Sunday? 🌹 Like many mothers and mother figures, this hybrid tea rose plant is known for its remarkable strength and beauty. It was crossbred to be healthy, disease-resistant, and virtually free of thorns. Plant photo: @UofMaryland

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#DidYouKnow The first week of May is National Small Business Week — a reminder that small businesses fuel innovation and growth. As businesses grow, protecting trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets helps safeguard brands, products, and original ideas for the future.

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MVS attorneys Christine Lebron-Dykeman and Andrew Morgan are in London this week attending the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting, one of the largest global gatherings of intellectual property professionals.

If you’re attending, we’d love to connect!

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MVS Partner Heidi Nebel co-authored a feature in The Patent Lawyer on protecting plant innovations worldwide, covering patents, PVRs & more across key markets.

Takeaway: strong protection = layered, jurisdiction-specific strategy.

Read here: https://t.co/2BRsZ3a7Sd

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MVS Partner Jill N. Link breaks down the USPTO’s newly announced PIER pilot program, highlighting what applicants and counsel need to know as this new examination framework rolls out.

Read here: https://t.co/OBNEVBDvqJ

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MVS partners Luke Mohrhauser and Lars Gunnerson recently attended Creighton University’s scholarship luncheon, where they met MVS scholarship recipient, Grant Crockett (Creighton Law ’27).

Proud to support students like Grant and invest in the future of the legal profession!

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What can a year of modest PCT filings growth tell us about innovation trends? MVS Partner Jill Link unpacks the 2025 data and what it means for applicants: https://t.co/WhItuXmToA

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Incredible work from Boys Town National Research Hospital and researchers at Western University, transforming pediatric hearing care with AI-powered earmolds that grow with children.

Proud to have supported the patent work behind this innovation.

https://t.co/HzCpJMaEWu

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@michiganstateu You sure do make green look good! #GoSpartans

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The Spring 2026 edition of MVS Briefs is here!

Stay current with timely insights and practical updates from our IP team on the issues influencing innovation and business today.

Read here: https://t.co/8VYOSpTp0O

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MVS Senior Patent Agent Charles Romano chronicles the seemingly esoteric basic research on bacterial viruses, bacterial infections of plants, and worms which ultimately lead to pivotal biotech industry patents and products.

Read more: https://t.co/86oVXaeFmk

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A quiet proposal from the USPTO could have a big impact on global patent strategy.

MVS Partner Jill Link breaks down what’s changing and what it could mean moving forward: https://t.co/moPwqZc12I

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

#DIDYOUKNOW The Guinness harp isn’t just a willy-nilly symbol of Ireland. It’s also trademarked!

In fact, when Ireland adopted the harp as its national emblem, the government had to reverse its direction to avoid conflict with Guinness’ trademark!

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New on Filewrapper: MVS Partner Cassie Edgar explains a growing risk for inventors, researchers, and investors, and how everyday AI use can create serious IP exposure, from patent-killing disclosures to AI errors in pitch decks. https://t.co/IJOdzq5c7z

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On this day, 150 years ago, 3 days after securing U.S. Patent No. 174,465, Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call marking the beginning of a technology that would transform global communication.

Tuesday Trivia: What were the first words spoken over the telephone?