Andrea Arndt is a nationally recognized intellectual property attorney with over 20 years of experience advising Fortune 100 companies, market leaders, and innovative startups on how to protect, monetize, and enforce their intellectual property portfolios globally. She serves as a trusted strategic advisor, having successfully managed cross-border IP enforcement campaigns, overseen licensing and transactions exceeding $5 billion in deal value, and defended clients in high-stakes post-grant proceedings and litigation. Her dual training in biomedical, electrical, and computer engineering allows her to deliver highly technical counsel in complex technologies including medical devices, software, automotive systems, and e-commerce platforms.
Andrea has developed, expanded, and defended global patent and trademark portfolios in more than 50 countries. She has led anti-counterfeiting and brand protection initiatives through litigation, administrative proceedings, take-down campaigns, and cease and desist programs across international jurisdictions. Her practical experience in post-grant proceedings such as Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) and Ex Parte Reexaminations has saved clients millions in litigation exposure. In addition, Andrea delivers comprehensive IP strategies that balance aggressive protection with cost efficiency—ensuring startups and Fortune 100 clients alike achieve long-term business goals while mitigating risk.
Her experience includes advising clients on freedom-to-operate (FTO) and patentability opinions, IP due diligence for M&A, licensing and sale of IP assets, enforcement defense, and negotiation of complex agreements. Andrea is also sought after for her insight on the intersection of law and innovation and is a frequent panelist and speaker at national events and industry conferences.
Education & Credentials
Education
Marquette University Law School
J.D.- Senior Articles Editor for the Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
- Graduated with Distinction for Pro Bono Work
University of Wisconsin
B.S., Biomedical Engineering- Dean’s List
University of Michigan
Computer EngineeringBar Admission
Acknowledgements
- Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Individually Ranked in Intellectual Property, 2024
- Best Lawyers in America®
- “Ones to Watch,” Patent Law, 2020-2025
- Super Lawyers
- Texas Rising Stars, 2022-2025
- Top Rising Young Attorneys in Texas, 2023-2025
- Managing Intellectual Property
- IP Stars, 2024-2025
- The Legal 500 United States
- Intellectual Property – Patents, Licensing, 2023-2024
- Austin Monthly
- Top Attorneys, 2022-2023
- DBusiness
- Top Lawyers, 2023
- Crain’s Detroit Business
- Notable Women in Law, 2021
- IAM Patent 1000
- Prosecution: Recommended, 2025
Prominent Assignments
- Representing a leading quantum computing designer in all aspects of their intellectual property strategy and protection.
- Retained by a national leader in water well, mining, and geothermal distribution and services to draft and manage their patent applications.
- Advised clients dealing with knock-offs of their products being manufactured and sold by online. Specifically, Andrea devised a strategy to quickly obtain enforceable intellectual property rights for use in take-down notices and temporary restraining order (TRO) proceedings, resulting in the removal of the knock-off products from the websites and the restoration of the clients’ exclusivity to sell their products online. I also used the clients’ patents to invalidate the counterfeiters’ subsequent patents.
- Successfully represented a fashion company in negotiating with a producer to remove the client’s podcasts from various third-party websites and obtaining a registered trademark to remove additional infringing links.
- Handled Ex Parte Reexaminations (EPR) and Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings to invalidate patents asserted against various clients, which resulted in the invalidation and narrowing of the plaintiffs’ patent claims and settling the litigation cases.
- Represented a multi-million dollar company in an intellectual property litigation case to successfully dismiss the counterclaims asserted against our client.
- Supervised the acquisition of the international intellectual property portfolio of an automotive company and developed strategies to minimize the costs of the acquired rights. Andrea also provided a clearance opinion for the client to rebrand and obtained international intellectual property protection to secure the client’s rights in its new brand.
- Represented a client pro bono to negotiate a settlement agreement involving an unpaid rental of a business property, which was resolved favorably for the client without having to engage in litigation.
Professional Involvement
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
- Federal Bar Association
- State Bars of Texas, Michigan, and Wisconsin
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
- MAMAs Austin (Mother Attorney Mentoring Association)
- University of Wisconsin Alumni Association (Board Member, Austin & Detroit Chapters)
Community Involvement
- Detroit Expungement Clinic
- Wills for Heroes
- Mentor for the Insight Program
- Junior Achievement Day
- Volleyball Coach
- Danskin Triathlon
- Co-Host, The ROCC Pod, Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce
Court Admissions
- Western District of Texas
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Eastern District of Michigan
Publications/Presentations
Andrea has authored and contributed to more than 30 thought leadership publications in leading legal and IP outlets, including IP Watchdog, The Legal 500, and Dickinson Wright’s IP Brief Blog. Select highlights include:
- “Patent Owners Beware: Expanded Jurisdiction Risks in Using Third-Party Platforms to Remove Infringing Listings,” IP Watchdog, September 2024
- “Amazon’s Patent Enforcement Program Establishes Personal Jurisdiction,” Dickinson Wright IP Blog, August 2024
- “Terminal Disclaimer Rule Proposed to Balance Innovation and Competition,” Dickinson Wright IP Blog, July 2024
- “Freedom to Operate Opinions: What Are They and Why Are They Important?” Dickinson Wright IP Brief Blog, March 2022
Andrea has been invited as a panelist and speaker for institutions such as the University of Texas School of Law, SCORE Mentors Houston, and University of Texas at Dallas, where she speaks regularly on patent valuation, USPTO fee strategies, and mentorship in the legal profession.