Rudolf E. Hutz | Professionals

rhutz@reedsmith.com

Wilmington
T: +1 302 778 7571

Rudy is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. A preeminent patent litigator, he has been representing clients for more than five decades in a variety of areas, including patent infringement litigation and appeals, ITC Investigations, counseling and opinions, due diligence, licensing and transactions, interferences, post grant proceedings, reissues, reexaminations and patent prosecution.

Rudy has argued more than 50 appeals at the Federal Circuit in various intellectual property matters, and has been lead counsel in intellectual property trials (both jury and non-jury) and ADR proceedings before numerous courts throughout the United States. His cases have involved a variety of technologies such as pharmaceuticals, herbicides, medical devices, genetically engineered plants and biological chemicals. He argued on behalf of client Rohm & Haas before the United States Supreme Court, and established an important exception to the antitrust laws for control of unpatented products under contributory infringement standards. Rudy was also lead counsel in the successful enforcement of Pfizer’s patents covering Lipitor®, the world’s best-selling drug. He has acted as an arbitrator/special master in resolving intellectual property disputes as well.

Additionally, Rudy has written and lectured extensively on a wide variety of patent, trademark and trade secret matters.

Credentials

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
Princeton University, B.A.

Delaware
District of Columbia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals - First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court - District of Delaware

Delaware State Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Philadelphia Intellectual Property Association
Federal Bar Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA)
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Awards & Recognition

Recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as Best of the Bar, Philadelphia’s Top Lawyers for Intellectual Property Litigation (2017)
Designated as a Trailblazer by the National Law Journal for Intellectual Property (2017)
Recognized in Who’s Who Legal – Patents
Named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year (2012)
Ranked first for IP in Delaware by Chambers USA
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation and Patent Law
Recognized as one of the World’s Leading Patent Litigators by Intellectual Asset Management Patent Litigation 1000
Recognized in Who’s Who Legal – Life Sciences
Recognized as one of the World’s Leading Patent Litigators by Intellectual Asset Management Patent Litigation 250
Named Delaware Intellectual Property “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America
Ranked as one of the World’s Leading Life Sciences Patent Litigators by Intellectual Asset Management
Ranked in Chambers USA
Named a Delaware Super Lawyer

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