Partner
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP
Sheila N. Swaroop is a partner at the law firm of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP in Irvine, California, which represents clients in all aspects of intellectual property, including protection, enforcement, and counseling relating to patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade dress.
Ms. Swaroop focuses her practice on litigation of intellectual property disputes and has litigated in technology areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biotechnology.
Ms. Swaroop graduated from Harvard University with a B.A in Biology and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of California Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where she was projects editor of the California Law Review, editor-in-chief of the Asian Law Journal, and a member of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. She also received the American Jurisprudence award for Proprietary Rights in the Biotechnology Industry. From 1999 to 2000, Ms. Swaroop served as a law clerk to the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
Ms. Swaroop is a member of various legal and business organizations and has served as past president of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California. She has also authored several articles, including an article analyzing infringement claims for off-label uses of pharmaceuticals that appeared in the BNA Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report.
In a survey of her peers published in Los Angeles magazine and Super Lawyers magazine, Ms. Swaroop was named as one of Southern California's "Rising Stars" in intellectual property law in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Ms. Swaroop focuses her practice on litigation of intellectual property disputes and has litigated in technology areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biotechnology.
Ms. Swaroop graduated from Harvard University with a B.A in Biology and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of California Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where she was projects editor of the California Law Review, editor-in-chief of the Asian Law Journal, and a member of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. She also received the American Jurisprudence award for Proprietary Rights in the Biotechnology Industry. From 1999 to 2000, Ms. Swaroop served as a law clerk to the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
Ms. Swaroop is a member of various legal and business organizations and has served as past president of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California. She has also authored several articles, including an article analyzing infringement claims for off-label uses of pharmaceuticals that appeared in the BNA Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report.
In a survey of her peers published in Los Angeles magazine and Super Lawyers magazine, Ms. Swaroop was named as one of Southern California's "Rising Stars" in intellectual property law in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.