W|N Sponsors Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

W|N is continuing its sponsorship of the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC) organized by the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. The Utah

Entrepreneur Challenge is a competition of business plans submitted by teams of students from the various colleges and universities around Utah. Teams may be of any size, but to be eligible, students are required to be enrolled in at least 9 credit hours during two semesters in the competition year. Teams are given a period of 7 months to develop a business plan for submission to the competition. The business plans are judged and a grand prize of $40,000 is awarded to the most promising business plan. The top finalists also receive awards of cash and in-kind services. As in previous years, W|N will be awarding the Patent Technology Award. More information on the competition is available at www.uec.utah.edu. In a recent letter to Rick Nydegger, Managing Director of the firm, newly appointed Dean of the David Eccles School of Business, Taylor Randall, stated "Please know how much your support is appreciated and how much it makes a real difference to our students, faculty and staff.

Based in Salt Lake City, W|N employs some 60 attorneys and is numbered among the largest law firms in Salt Lake. W|N has earned recognition as one of the top intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution firms in the nation. The firm represents a wide array of clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and complex commercial litigation and related matters.