Sarah Speight
Key details
- Title: Senior Writer
- Email:sspeight@worldipreview.com
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 330 18210
Total results: 31
Articles by Sarah Speight
Careers
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
Varnum appoints the new partner to its litigation and ADR practice team in Michigan, bringing industry expertise in software, medical devices, automotive, robotics, consumer electronics and more. 21 September 2026
Patents
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. 17 September 2026
Patents
With the rapid growth of AI and the processing power it needs, Via has officially launched a long-planned DRAM patent programme to meet demand for efficient licensing of the technology that supports data centre infrastructure and operation. 11 September 2026
Patents
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
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
Copyright
As Trump publicly backs generative AI developers, The Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest to claim that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped their websites to use in ChatGPT, Copilot and Bing. The expanding litigation could shape how publishers protect valuable content—and how AI companies train and commercialise their models. 7 September 2026
Careers
A former USPTO director and a trial and appellate lawyer join in Dallas, as Texas becomes a hub for tech, life sciences, energy, and advanced manufacturing. 7 September 2026
Patents
InterDigital has succeeded again in blocking the entertainment giant’s use of patented technology, continuing a series of victories that affect Disney+ streaming in Germany and the Netherlands. 3 September 2026
AI
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. 2 September 2026
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