Andrew C. Warnecke

Andrew C. Warnecke is a seasoned intellectual property attorney with thirty years of experience guiding clients through the ever-changing intellectual property landscape. His experience as a registered patent attorney encompasses building and managing global patent, trademark, and copyright portfolios, negotiating licenses, and litigating complex disputes in federal courts and administrative tribunals across the United States and abroad.

Andrew has drafted and prosecuted to issuance hundreds of patent applications, covering a wide range of technologies, including medical devices, complex robotic manufacturing systems, and sophisticated electronic components. He has secured and managed trademark and copyright portfolios ranging from protecting rights in children’s books to copywriting complex software algorithms (while retaining trade secrets associated therewith). Drawing on this front-line prosecution experience, he brings uncommon and valuable insight to contested IP matters. He has first-chaired patent, trademark and copyright cases in federal district courts across the U.S., represented parties before the U.S. International Trade Commission in Section 337 actions, and routinely handles foreign discovery/depositions using Hague Convention procedures.

Clients rely on Andrew for clear, concise, and practical counsel that aligns specific IP strategies with nuanced business objectives to avoid litigation. To accomplish this goal, he drafts and negotiates a variety of agreements resolving disputes involving patents, trademarks, and copyrights in addition to providing freedom-to-operate, validity, and infringement opinions that help businesses confidently navigate their specific competitive market. His approach is hands-on, responsive, and results-focused.

Before joining Omnus Law, Andrew served in leadership and senior trial roles at national and Am Law firms. His recent experience includes chairing a complex four-patent case between foreign entities, leading an uncommon patent interference district court action that helped secure summary judgment of non-infringement in parallel litigation, and co-chairing an ITC Section 337 action that concluded with findings of no infringement and adopted by the full Commission.