W|N Sponsors Second Annual Women's Tech Awards

W|N served as one the Innovation Partners sponsoring the Women Tech Council’s 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. Rick Nydegger of Workman Nydegger presented the award for Technology Trailblazer to Carolyn McClain, Distinguished Engineer at Novell. Carolyn is named as inventor on several issued and pending U.S. and foreign patents for Novell, and was promoted to Distinguished engineer in 2006. In addition to her many professional accomplishments, she is also active in serving the disabled in her community, as well as actively participating in various volunteer activities at middle and junior high schools in community. For more information about the Womens Tech Council go to www.womentechcouncil.org.

Based in Salt Lake City, W|N has earned recognition as one of the top patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation firms in the nation. With some 65 attorneys, W|N is one of the largest firms in Salt Lake and represents a wide array of clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and related litigation and licensing.