Background
Kraai, Gerald M. was born in 1942 in Orange City, Iowa, United States.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Gerald M. Kraai
Edit ProfileEducation
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, 1964. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1967).
Career
Worked at Litman, McMahon and Brown, Limited liability company (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law. Related Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1967, Iowa. 1981, Missouri; United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.
United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois.
United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Circuits.
United States. Supreme Court. Registered to practice before the United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Iowa District Court Judicial Nominating Commission, District 3B, 1980. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Iowa State and American Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
The firm was started in 1843 by the Knight Brothers specializing in patent law. In the late 1800"s and early 1900"s the firm was operated by three generations of Browns who litigated many well known patent lawsuits. The firm continues to specialize in patent law and related intellectual property and maintains the ability to handle patent application preparation and prosecution in virtually all technologies as well as patent, trademark, copyright and related intellectual property litigation.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Iowa District Court Judicial Nominating Commission, District 3B, 1980. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
