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• W|N Celebrates 25 Years

  Earlier last year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Workman Nydegger. W|N represents a wide array of clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and related litigation and licensing matters. Founded in 1984, W|N has increased seven fold since that time, and is recognized today as one of the top patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation firms in the nation.

• W|N Wins National Ranking for Quality of Its Issued Patents

  In an article published in the March/April 2010 edition of Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, W|N ranked 14th nationally in terms of the overall quality of patents issued for its clients, across all industries.

• W|N Ranked Nationally Among Top Patent Firms

  W|N was again recognized as one of the top patent firms in the country by Intellectual Property Today, a trade journal focused on legal issues in patent, trademark and copyright law.

• W|N Included Among the Fortune 500 2010 List of "Go-To Law Firms"

  For the fifth straight year W|N was included in the presitigious Fortune 500 list of “Go-To Law Firms” for 2010. The Fortune 500 list is compiled by surveying general counsel at the Fortune 500 companies.

• W|N Joins the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation As A Tier III Gold Scholarship Sponsor

  W|N has joined the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation (AIPLEF) as a Tier III Gold Scholarship Sponsor. W|N has pledged its financial support at the Tier III Gold Scholarship level through 2011.

• W|N Joins With Grow Utah Ventures, Zions Bank, USTAR, Ballard Spahr and CFO Solutions In Sponsoring the "Concept to Company" Contest

  W|N will participate with Grow Utah Ventures, Zions Bank, USTAR, Ballard Spahr and CFO Solutions in continuing to sponsor the "Concept to Company" contest. "Concept to Company" competitions are ongoing innovation contests held in various regions across the state of Utah to encourage and support Utah's entrepreneurs and innovators in moving their technologies and ideas from a conceptual stage to commercial companies.

• W|N's Vernon Rice Joins USU's Center for Entrepreneurial Spirit As One Its Founders

  W|N was recently invited to join Utah State University’s Center for Entrepreneurial Spirit as one its Founders. Vernon Rice, formerly Chief Patent Counsel at DuPont and now Of Counsel with Workman Nydegger, will represent W|N at the USU Center.

• W|N Sponsors Second Annual Women's Tech Awards

  W|N served as one the Innovation Partners sponsoring the Second Annual Women's Tech Awards. Held last September, the Awards were attended by several hundred representatives from industry and education. Outstanding women leaders were recognized at the Awards in the categories of Education Excellence, Community Builder, Rising Star, Technology Innovator, Technology Trailblazer, and Leadership Excellence.

• W|N Serves As SLC Host for Annual AIPLA Women In IP Dinner

  W|N hosted the second annual Women In IP Dinner sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), for women IP practitioners in and around Salt Lake City.

• W|N Sponsors the A. Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award Dinner

  W|N served as one of the sponsors for the annual A. Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award Dinner of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

• W|N Supports Annual "And Justice for All" Campaign

  W|N once again supported the annual "And Justice for All" Campaign. "And Justice for All" was created in 1998 by Utah’s primary providers of civil legal services, Disability Law Center, Legal Aid Society of Salt lake and Utah legal Services. "And Justice for All" strives to increase access to civil legal services for the disadvantaged and for persons with disabilities in Utah.

• Seven W|N Attorneys Recognized in Mountain States Super Lawyers 2009

  Seven W|N attorneys were named Mountain States Super Lawyers for 2009. Super Lawyers identifies the top five percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics.

• W|N Participates In Year-End Donation to the Utah Food Bank Services and the Utah Road Home

  As part of its annual year-end campaign to support local charitable organizations, employees of W|N mounted a successful food drive that resulted in donating 614 pounds of food to the Utah Food Bank Services. W|N also donated hundreds of dollars of clothing and other items to the Utah Road Home, a facility for the homeless.

• W|N’s Jon Richards To Serve As President of the University of Utah’s Engineering Alumni Association At the University of Utah’s College of Engineering.

  W|N’s Jon Richards has been elected to serve a two-year term as President of the University of Utah’s Engineering Alumni Association At the University of Utah’s College of Engineering.

• W|N’s Rick Nydegger Listed Among Best Lawyers in America for 2010

  W|N’s Rick Nydegger was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers In America ®. Mr. Nydegger will be included in the Best Lawyers listing for Intellectual Property Law.