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Workman Nydegger Welcomes 2025 Summer Law Clerks
Workman Nydegger is excited to introduce our 2025 Summer Law Clerks: Jennifer Williams (2L), Nathan Larsen (2L), Trevor Lee (1L), Gustavo Oliveira (1L), Isaac Murri (1L), Tyson Collett (1L), and Seth Nelson (0L). Over the…
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Read MoreDon’t Despair. Try to Declare! – Best Practices for Rule 132 Declarations
A Rule 132 Declaration is one patent prosecution tool for introducing relevant evidence into the examination record for overcoming a rejection. Because attorney arguments cannot take the place of factual evidence, it can be beneficial…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Welcomes 2025 Winter/Spring Semester IP Interns
Workman Nydegger is excited to welcome Lexi Felt and Nelson Bjazevich as the 2025 Winter/Spring Semester IP Interns to the firm. Lexi is a mechanical engineering student at the University of Utah, who brings a…
Read MoreE-commerce Patent Enforcement: Protecting Rights Holders in Online Retail
Too often, a company will create a new product, market it via online retail channels, and then discover someone (often multiple entities) has copied their product, interfering with profits and brand development for the original…
Read MoreEx Parte Reexaminations
Ex Parte Reexamination remains a viable way for patent owners and third parties to request the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reconsider the validity of a granted patent based on patents and other printed…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Recognized in the 15th Edition of Best Law Firms – United States
Workman Nydegger is pleased to announce its ranking and inclusion in the 15th Edition of Best Law Firms – United States, independently produced by Best Lawyers. Workman Nydegger received a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in…
Read MorePractical Tips for Responding to Office Action Rejections (Part II)
When responding to an Office Action, as a patent practitioner, you have a variety of tools available in your “toolbox”. A previous posting discussed several such tools. Another tool available in the toolbox is to…
Read MorePractical Tips for Responding to Office Action Rejections (Part I)
When responding to an Office Action, as a patent practitioner, you have a variety of tools available in your “toolbox”. One such tool includes identifying whether the cited art even qualifies under 35 USC 102(a)…
Read MorePractical Tips for Claim Drafting
Drafting patent claims can be tricky, in that sometimes we may not think about the implications of how we choose to draft a given claim. For example, is there really any significant difference between “The…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Celebrates the Swearing-In of Two of its Attorneys
Workman Nydegger is proud to announce that two of its attorneys, Andrew Macdonald and Mansi Chauhan, were officially sworn in as members of the Utah State Bar. The ceremony took place on October 3, 2024,…
Read MoreDouble Patenting Drama: Recent Cases and USPTO Proposals
The legal framework for obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) and its relationship to patent term adjustment (PTA) continues to evolve. In Gilead, the Federal Circuit held that a later-issued but earlier-expiring patent is a proper ODP reference…
Read More20 Workman Nydegger Attorneys Named to the 2025 Best Lawyers, Including One to Watch
Workman Nydegger is happy to announce that 20 of our exceptional attorneys have been named in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Workman Nydegger is incredibly proud of their accomplishments and the…
Read MoreAttorney Chul-Woo Lee Elected Secretary of the IP Section at Utah State Bar
Workman Nydegger is pleased to announce that attorney Chul-Woo Lee has been elected as secretary for the Intellectual Property (IP) Section of the Utah State Bar. The IP section of the Utah State Bar offers…
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