Sarah Casey
Attorney at Law • Associate
Education
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Environmental Science
Expertise
Patent Litigation • Trade Secret & Unfair Competition • Intellectual Property Licensing & Transactions
Sarah is an intellectual property litigator with over four years of experience in patent and trade secret litigation matters. She has experience in all phases of litigation, from case management and discovery to depositions and trials. Because she has served as both plaintiff’s and defendant’s counsel on large-scale, complex litigation matters, Sarah offers a holistic point of view when identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a case. Sarah understands that intellectual property disputes aren’t always confined to a country’s borders—she also has experience harmonizing concurrent domestic and foreign litigation and assisting with patent litigation matters abroad in Germany’s Regional Courts.
Her litigation experience spans a broad range of technologies, including remote controls, IoT systems, home security systems, antennas, printing mechanisms, cybersecurity packet encryption, vehicle telematics systems, DSL technologies, knit running shoes, electronic messaging systems, electric vehicle batteries, pathogen testing methods, and optical lenses.
Sarah is licensed to practice law in California, New York, Washington, D.C., and before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Sarah graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) in 2020. While in law school, she studied international intellectual property licensing abroad at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, was a National Quarterfinalist in the National Environmental Moot Court Competition, served as Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Environmental Law Journal, and served as a research assistant on a paper for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on legislative and regulatory frameworks for family farming. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a minor in Geography and Environmental Studies from UCLA.
When she is not working, Sarah enjoys knitting scarves for charity, watching sports, learning languages, and hiking in National Parks.
My Focus
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Professional Admissions & Associations
California State Bar
New York State Bar
Washington D.C. State Bar
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Publications & Presentations
Publications
Copyrights, Comics, and Creatives – Oh My! AIPLA Spring Meeting Academic Paper (May 2023).
Eight Steps for Protecting Trade Secrets in the World of Remote Work, IAM Special Report 2022 Q4: Trade Secret Strategy Playbook (Nov. 16, 2022).
Adapting Firm and Corporate IP Department Management and Recruiting Post-COVID: What to do About Increased Demand to Work Remotely and its Effects on Productivity, Diversity, Retention, and Flexibility, AIPLA Spring Meeting Academic Paper (May 2022).
Presentations
Celebrities & the Law — The Legal Issues of the Rich & Famous, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association Presentation (September 28, 2023).