Mr. Rudy is chair of the firm's Intellectual Property department and is Partner-in-charge of the Boulder office.  His experience includes handling and principal responsibility for litigation of numerous civil cases (typically 3-5 per year); participation in three trials before U.S. District Courts (one trademark jury trial - first chair; two patent bench trials currently pending - second chair); lead attorney on numerous patent and trademark infringement cases; preparation and filing of numerous patent applications, primarily in the chemical and mechanical arts.  In addition, he has a chemical engineering background with actual experience in the petroleum refining (Amoco Oil) and chemical pesticide fields (Mobay).

Mr. Rudy has extensive experience in patent litigation, licensing and prosecution in the areas of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) used to amplify and detect the presence of targeted genes, Alzheimer's disease genetics and therapeutics, and flourescent protein and its related genetics.

In 1994, Bill participated as lead counsel in a two-week jury trial (first chair) before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Bath & Body Works, Inc. v. Luzier Personalized Cosmetics, 76 F.3d 743 (6th Cir. 1996). The trial was directed to trademark infringement and unfair competition. He represented the defendant against a large company that manufactures and sells toiletries and wearing apparel (Bath & Body Works, a division of The Limited). The jury returned a favorable verdict for his client. The jury verdict was affirmed on appeal.

In 1993, Bill second chaired a major trademark infringement trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (University Mfg. Co. v. Douglas Press, Civil Action No. 89 C 3354). During the trial, the defendant advanced a number of novel and attractive arguments on the subject of "genericism." The trial extended over a four-week period in January and February, 1993. In a decision rendered from the bench on July 8, 1993, the judge ruled in plaintiff's favor.