2004 News | Events

• January

  W|N’s Rick Nydegger Named As President of National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation

• W|N Recognized As Top U.S. Litigation Firm In European Legal Industry Survey

• February

  W|N Promotes Two to Equity Shareholder

• April

  W|N Hires Nine New Associates

• W|N Celebrates 20 Years With Notable Achievement As Region’s Largest Intellectual Property Law Firm, With Over Sixty Attorneys

• June

  W|N Founding Shareholder Rick Nydegger’s Contributions to the University of Utah’s S. J. Quinney Law School, Including More Than A Decade of Teaching IP Courses As An Adjunct Professor, Lead to Recognition As the Law School’s Honorary Alumnus of the

• September

  W|N’s David Todd Selected to Author the Brief Amicus Curiae for the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association in the Landmark Case Phillips v. AWH Corporation, Pending Before the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• October

  W|N’s Rick Nydegger Ends Term As President of AIPLA With Noted Accomplishment of Leading AIPLA In Development of Major Patent Reform Initiative, Introduced As H.R. 2795 By the House Subcommittee On Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property

• Vernon R. Rice, Former Vice Pres. and Asst. Gen. Counsel for DuPont, With Oversight Responsibility for DuPont Biotechnology Business, Joins W|N Law Firm As Of Counsel