Sarah Speight

Articles by Sarah Speight

Careers

Conley Rose welcomes back former employee with legal and business nous

The returning shareholder’s work spans the patent lifecycle and includes computerised business methods, polymer compositions, and small molecules.   28 September 2026

Careers

New UK High Court judge named as replacement for Justice Meade

Following the prominent patent judge’s promotion to the Court of Appeal, the judiciary has appointed a King’s Counsel with 35 years’ experience as a barrister.   23 September 2026

Careers

US firm hires litigation pro whose clients include Pfizer, Medtronic

Varnum appoints the new partner to its litigation and ADR practice team as a partner in Michigan, bringing industry expertise in software, medical devices, robotics, consumer electronics and more.   23 September 2026

In-house counsel

CIPA Congress: Sustainability is essential for the profession and the planet

At an event attended by patent experts and judges from Europe, the US and China, delegates gathered in the innovation hub of Manchester, UK, to debate the theme of sustainability "in its broadest sense". Sarah Speight was there to hear ideas spanning the commercialisation of clean tech, to ensuring the patent profession’s resilience in a time of colossal change.   18 September 2026

Regulation & Industry

Patent lawyers and judges discuss lofty UPC issues in grand London venue

UPC judges and practitioners from firms including Freshfields, Kather Augenstein, EIP, Simmons & Simmons and Brinkhof converged at CIPA’s annual conference to offer candid views on the court’s biggest pressure points, from overloaded German divisions to harmonisation and cross-court influence.   10 September 2026

Careers

UK firm hires head of IP with commercial and technical nous

With technical specialisms including nucleic acid technologies, biological therapeutics and vaccines, and diagnostics and biological assays, the new hire adds a life sciences patent specialism to the firm’s growing IP practice.   8 September 2026

Regulation & Industry

California votes for law to restrict use of genAI by lawyers

Lawmakers support a bill that would place guardrails on lawyers’ use of generative AI for court filings, in a bid to clamp down on AI ‘hallucinations’ and inaccuracies.   4 September 2026

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