Andrew Schwaab

Professor Andrew B. Schwaab is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU. He has more than 25 years private practice experience, focusing on strategic IP matters, including counseling, global patent & trademark prosecution, patent litigation, licensing, monetization and due diligence, as well as validity, infringement and freedom-to-operate issues. Mr. Schwaab handles matters related to a wide range of electrical, computer, software and emerging technologies, regularly advising early-stage companies from start-up through to acquisition, initial public offering, enforcement and defense of their intellectual property. In February 2021, Mr. Schwaab was delighted to have a long-time client awarded the 44th Annual Silicon Valley Inventor of the Year, joining several of his clients who have previously won this award.

Mr. Schwaab recently joined ASU's faculty after practicing more than 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. He frequently travels internationally, representing both domestic and non-US companies. He lectures regularly on U.S. and comparative international patent issues, including presentations at four of the Chinese Patent Office locations, the Korean Patent Attorneys Association and the Korean Electronics Organization, as well as with numerous other organizations, conferences and IP law firms throughout the world. While earning his BS in electrical engineering and after graduation, Mr. Schwaab worked with an IP law firm in Washington D.C., becoming registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1994.

Mr. Schwaab is a recent past president of the Silicon Valley IP Law Association and a past president of the San Francisco IP Law Association. He recently finished a two-year term as the chair of the China National Intellectual Property Administration/U.S. Bar Liaison Council, which informs and serves a variety of U.S. patent and trademark stakeholders regarding Chinese IP issues.