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Sarah Hopton is Of Counsel in our Technology and Media team, specialising in intellectual property and technology (including artificial intelligence). She advises clients across a variety of industries and sectors, including technology, media, and publishing.
Sarah provides strategic and technical IP advice, with a focus on copyright and associated rights (such as moral rights and rights in performances), as well as advising on the regulation of AI in the UK and the EU. She has a particular interest in the interaction between copyright and AI, and advises on this from a UK and an EU perspective.
Sarah has a broad range of experience in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements with an IP or technology (including AI) focus or commercial agreements where IP is important, as well as advising on IP and AI clauses more generally. She also supports on music catalogue transactions and other IP-driven media transactions, as well as the IP aspects of corporate transactions.
Before joining CMS in 2022, Sarah spent over five years at an international law firm and two years at a boutique intellectual property law firm advising on intellectual property, technology and media matters, having trained with a Magic Circle law firm.
As a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), an international organisation promoting the development of IP laws, Sarah has contributed to the UK national group’s response to questions on the protection of AI-generated works, on the harmonisation of moral rights, and on the use of copyright works to train AI models.
She volunteers with Chapter One, which supports 5-7 year olds to build confidence and improve fluency in reading. She has previously volunteered as a Maths tutor for The Access Project, which helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds to improve their grades and access to top universities.
