Boston
Serves as lead trial counsel in patent infringement, trade secrets, and invalidity litigation across multiple federal jurisdictions
Counsels clients on overall intellectual property strategy and positioning, including litigation avoidance
Provides strategic IP guidance in complex transactions where intellectual property assets are critical to the deal
Advises clients across pharma/biotech, internet, semiconductor, hardware and software, medical device, and manufacturing industries
Sarah Chapin Columbia is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Over the last dozen years, she has led 17 patent infringement, trade secrets, and invalidity trials (11 jury trials and six bench trials) across several jurisdictions, including the federal courts in Massachusetts, Florida, Delaware, Colorado, California, and Texas.
The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year in Boston: Litigatio
Chambers USA, Intellectual Property, Band 1, Massachusetts
Forbes, America’s Best-In-State Lawyer
- Lead counsel for Alnylam in ongoing patent infringement litigation involving the cationic lipids essential to the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines (Alnylam v. Pfizer/BionTech (D. Delaware); Alnylam v. Moderna (D. Delaware))
- Lead counsel for Next Caller in simultaneous patent infringement litigation and trade secrets, tortious interference and breach of contract litigation related to authentication services. Successfully secured a unanimous jury verdict in favor of Next Caller in both matters (TrustID Inc. v. Next Caller Inc., (D. Delaware), TRUSTID, Inc. v. Next Caller Inc., (D. Colorado))
- Lead counsel for Amgen in a patent infringement action and jury trials involving breakthrough biologic therapy for the treatment of high LDL cholesterol (Amgen v. Sanofi, et al., (D. Delaware))
- LMG Life Sciences, Shortlisted, General Patent Litigator of the Year – New England – 2026
- Chambers USA, Intellectual Property, Band 1 (Massachusetts) and Band 3 (Nationwide), 2008-2026; Life Sciences, Band 3 (Massachusetts), 2026
- The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year in Boston: Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2022 and 2024-2026
- The Sedona Conference®, Working Group on Patent Damages and Remedies
- Harvard Law School, JD, magna cum laude
- Harvard University, MPP
- Wesleyan University, BA, Economics
- Massachusetts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- English
