Billy C. Raulerson

Ohio

Billy Raulerson, Co-Chair of Calfee’s Intellectual Property practice group, is an experienced, results-oriented patent and trade secret attorney representing clients’ intellectual property rights in the U.S. and abroad.

Every client’s invention and new technology is important to Billy. He works closely with clients to identify the specific outcomes they seek, and he is driven to attain successful resolutions. Billy’s current practice is primarily in the electrical/mechanical space, and he has a strong background in software technology.

Billy has worked with many Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies and has extensive experience managing large, global patent portfolios. He regularly represents multi-national, multi-division corporations with diverse, global patent portfolios and supervises client teams consisting of multiple dedicated IP attorneys, paralegals and support staff. He provides significant value supplementing clients’ IP departments, working side-by-side with busy in-house legal and technical staff and corporate leaders.

A significant portion of Billy’s time is dedicated to helping clients explore the often-competing benefits obtained through patent protection and trade secret protection. He is involved with innovation harvesting, meeting with inventors to understand the potential for protecting their inventions.

A registered patent attorney since 2002, Billy has significant experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications relating to computer software and the electrical, mechanical, and chemical arts, as well as trademark applications spanning a wide range of goods and services. He has a remarkable success rate in appealing adverse examiner decisions to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

A member of the Ohio, D.C., and Columbus Bar Associations, Billy is also associated with the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and the International Trademark Association (INTA).

Billy was elected Partner in 2011, began serving as Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property practice group in 2020, and was appointed Co-Chair of the IP group in 2023. He was employed with Sughrue Mion, PLLC prior to joining Calfee in 2005.