Earlier this year PatentCafe, which tracks the top 200 corporations receiving U.S. patent and published U.S. patent applications, as well as the top 200 intellectual property law firms based on patents and published applications, released its annual IP200 ranking. W|N ranked 36th, with a total of 509 U.S.
This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of the annual Trilateral Conference between the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, and the Japanese Patent Office. The conference will be hosted on November 7-8 by the USPTO in Washington, D.C.
W|N’s John Stringham recently won a summary judgment victory on behalf of Sinclair Oil before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in which W|N successfully opposed a competitor's registration of a mark that is confusingly similar to one of Sinclair’s trademarks.
In a recent survey of Fortune 500 companies by Corporate Counsel Magazine, W|N was chosen by Microsoft for the second year in a row as a "Go-To" law firm. General counsel at the top 500 U.S. companies were asked which law firms they turned to in the following transactions: litigation, corporate...
Jonathan W. Richards, a senior shareholder and director of W|N, was recently honored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) with its prestigious AIPLA 2007 Project Award. Given by AIPLA’s Board of Directors, the award recognized Mr. Richards for "outstanding service to the AIPLA through his leadership in developing...
W|N’s managing director Rick Nydegger has been listed in the 7th Edition of the Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Practitioners as a leading attorney in the field of patent law.
W|N’s Vernon Rice was recently invited to serve on the Selection Committee for the Centers of Excellence program of the Governor’s Office. The Centers of Excellence program seeks to foster the development of high tech businesses through the provision of financial and management support to science-based ventures developed at universities within the...
W|N recently helped launch the Agnes M. Plenk Endowment Fund of the Children’s Center, a preschool program for emotionally and behaviorally troubled children. Dedicated to providing comprehensive mental health care to enhance the emotional well-being of infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families, The Children’s Center has been bringing back the...
W|N served as a sponsor for the Utah Minority Bar Association’s (“UMBA”) Annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet held on October 19, 2007. During the event, UMBA presented scholarships to minority law students and presented awards to individuals who have made significant contributions to diversity within the legal community.
W|N sponsored the 2007 Utah Science Olympiad, a 26-event, statewide high school competition that covers three broad goals: science concepts and knowledge, science processes and thinking skills, and science application and technology. Utah’s Science Olympiad is a motivational program that gives Utah junior high and high school students an opportunity...