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Sara Leiman

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Sara Leiman, PhD, is an associate in Finnegan LLP’s Boston office. Sara works with domestic and international clients across the life sciences on global patent prosecution, strategic counselling, due diligence, and validity and infringement opinions. She writes and speaks regularly on topics in intellectual property--particularly patent eligibility requirements, case law, and patent office guidance in the US--and co-authored and co-edited the book Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: A Global Guide. 

Sara Leiman’s courses

  • 04 Nov • 2 day course

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

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Reviews for Sara’s courses

I was hoping to gain a deeper insight on how other Attorneys and Lawyers pursue Due Diligence and FTO.. it was pretty much perfect, and certainly lived up to my expectations. I thought the speakers provided great variety, informative and clear. They also tailored the presentation to the people who attended, and very patient, and open to answering a wide range of questions. Overall, it was a great day- insightful and highly engaging. I recommend attending the face-to-face session, as it was well tailored to the audience.

1 Jul 2025

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

Excellent training. The fact that several caselaw and practices were confronted (US, UK , EPO, DE) and also some speaker working in the industry, other working in IP firm. It was enriching to have those different point of view.

26 Sep 2022

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

Very interesting and inspiring course and very good speakers!

26 Sep 2022

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

it was a good mixture of different aspects of this rather complex issue

1 Dec 2021

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

All the speakers seemed well prepared and gave good presentations. Overall, this course was excellent in providing knowledge about different types of DD and FTO in the main jurisdictions and how to practically conduct such tasks. Very good speakers, updated and good course material.

14 Nov 2019

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

Excellent. I hoped to achieve a better understanding of the due diligence process and this was accomplished. I liked the smaller group size, which made it more interactive, and the expertise of the speakers.

14 Nov 2019

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

The course was well organised and ambitious with high level and experienced speakers. I liked that the course covered different jurisdictions and that the speakers were able to refer to relevant real cases.

20 Jun 2019

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice

The speakers were all good and clear. A well-prepared and well-delivered course.

21 Sep 2018

IP Due Diligence & Freedom to Operate in Practice