Sarah Speight

Articles by Sarah Speight

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

Pharma

Teva and Aurinia settle generics dispute over lupus drug, voclosporin

Under the terms of the agreement, which resolves all patent litigation between the biopharma rivals, Teva now has a launch date for its own version of Aurinia's Lupkynis.   21 August 2026

Careers

Former head of litigation at Nokia returns to Bird & Bird

The new partner counts pharmaceuticals and life sciences among his specialisms and previously worked in-house at Sandoz.   18 August 2026

Careers

Holland & Hart adds high-stakes patent litigation team from Ashurst Perkins Coie

Less than a month after the merger between Ashurst and Perkins Coie, the new team brings expertise in high-stakes patent matters—including medtech and biotech—in the US.   13 August 2026

Regulation & Industry

Exclusive: ‘In the end, I did it my own way’ and became a UPC judge

Unified Patent Court judge Margot Kokke has had an unconventional and oft-interrupted career as the “trailing spouse” of a diplomat. She talks to Sarah Speight about this and more in the fourth in a series of interviews with women judges at the court.   12 August 2026

Careers

Former senior attorney-advisor to ITC commissioners joins Mintz

After more than 14 years at the US International Trade Commission, the new hire says he was drawn to Mintz for its “continued growth in the life sciences sector”.   7 August 2026

Careers

Patent litigator joins Baker Botts in London as UPC grows in significance

With more than 25 years’ experience, the ex-EIP partner specialises in technology and life sciences, particularly SEPs and FRAND in the UK and Europe.   5 August 2026

In-house counsel

‘Engagement and collaboration’: New IP Federation president builds on strong foundations

As Philips' Kevin Scott becomes the IP Federation’s new president, Sarah Speight discovers the key issues facing the membership body for in-house counsel.   24 July 2026

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