Current
- Sr. Director Legal- IP at LinkedIn
- Adjunct Professor- Intellectual Property Licensing at UC Hastings College of the Law
Past
- Partner-Technology Transactions Group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Associate at Fried Frank
Education
- Cornell Law School
- University of California, San Diego
Experience
Sr. Director Legal-IP
LinkedIn
Public Company;1001-5000 employees; LNKD; Internet industry
April 2012 – Present (5 months) Mountain View CA
Adjunct Professor - Intellectual Property Licensing
UC Hastings College of the Law
Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry
2011 – Present (1year) San Francisco Bay Area
Partner - TechnologyTransactions Group
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry
1992 – April 2012 (20 years)
Sara Harrington wasa partner in the technology transactions practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich& Rosati. She counseled various companies involved in the development,distribution, licensing, disposition, and acquisition of technology andintellectual property rights for various start-ups and established enterprises.
Sara represented clients in a wide range of industries, including thoseinvolved in search technology, business application software (both open sourceand private source), e-commerce (business-to-business andbusiness-to-consumer), Web 2.0, entertainment/media industries, databaseservices, consulting, networking devices, semiconductor, telecom, medicaldevice, consumer goods, and audio services. Sara has constructed and negotiateda variety of international and domestic agreements, covering such areas asstrategic alliances, marketing, development, licensing, advertising,distribution, services, outsourcing, open source, and manufacturing. She alsoadvised companies on intellectual property matters in connection withinvestments, financings, asset purchases and sales, corporate structuring(spin-outs), and mergers and acquisitions.
Before joining the technology transactions practice, Sara practiced in thelitigation department of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where shelitigated a variety of intellectual property, antitrust, and securities claims.Prior to joining the firm, Sara was an attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris,Shriver & Jacobson in New York City, where she litigated corporatechange-of-control and commercial litigation matters for various multinationalcorporate clients.
Named in 2011 in Northern California Super Lawyers
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
- Practising Law Institute - Advanced Patent Licensing
- Annual Boardroom Summit- Privacy and Data Security
- All Hands Summit- Cloud Computing
- IAPP Practical Privacy Series
- Itech Law- Open Source
Associate
Fried Frank
Partnership;501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry
September 1989 – March 1992 (2 years 7 months) Greater New York City Area
Associate in the litigation department of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobsen
Certifications
CIPP/E
IAPP
Skills & Expertise
Trade Secrets
Licensing Agreements
Intellectual Property
Open Source Licensing
IP Licensing
M&A - IP issues
Privacy Law
Mergers
Education
Cornell Law School
J.D., Law
1986 – 1989
Assistant to Professor Steve Schiffrin (First Amendment)
Assistant to Professor Jonathon Macey (Securities Regulation).
While in Law School, Sara interned at the Securities Exchange Program in the Enforcement Division
Activities and Societies: Executive Editor - Cornell Moot Court Board Jessop International Moot Court Competition
University of California, San Diego
BA, Political Science
1982 – 1986
Assistant to Professor Samuel Popkin (Voting and Polling)
Activities and Societies: Judicial Committee
Additional Information
Groups and Associations:
ITech Law, IAPP
Intellectual Property Licensing
Licensing Executives Society (LES), Silicon Valley Chapter (SVC)
Honors and Awards:
Recognized as a Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property (N.Cal) (2011)