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Background

After an initial experience in the automobile sector at Renault and Valeo, Guillaume Schwab joined Regimbeau in 2013 to start his career in Industrial Property.

Guillaume’s principal activities at Regimbeau include:

  • Search and analysis of scientific and technical information, in particular on patent databases, for:
    • Patentability studies
    • Freedom to operate studies
    • Patent litigation and opposition
  • Technological and competitive monitoring (mechanical, electronic and ICT fields) in order to detect and evaluate short and medium term risks, to appreciate and anticipate technological and commercial evolutions on your markets, through:
    • Periodic monitoring
    • Realization of patent mappings/panoramas
  • Patent quality assessment using databases
  • Search and analysis of information from trademark and design databases

Guillaume has developed a specific expertise in the field of transportation (automobile, aeronautics) and has a large practice in conducting freedom to operate studies and patent panoramas. He advises in particular with large groups and French SMEs.

Qualifications

  • Qualified Patent Information Professional (QPIP)

Education

  • Engineering Degree (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques de Besançon)
  • Master’s degree in Intellectual Property Strategy and Innovation (Université de Strasbourg)

Know-how

  • IP Audit
  • Acquisition of IP Rights & Strategy
  • Technological survey
  • Business Intelligence
  • Freedom to operate
  • IP Valuation

Hobbies

  • Guillaume is a great sports enthusiast and follows with great interest all major sporting events (FIFA world cups, Olympic Games) in addition to practicing futsal and running.He is also a writer for an ice hockey news website.