Colm Mackernan

Personal Bio

Job Title: Attorney at Law/Solicitor

Areas of Expertise:

United States: Admitted to the Bars of the State of New York, the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Supreme Court of the United States
United Kingdom: Solicitor, England & Wales
Republic of Ireland: Solicitor
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: Fellow
London Court Int. Arbitration: Member

2003-Present Origin Ltd., London, United Kingdom
SUMMARY Director (Principal)

Origin is an international technology law boutique, specialising in complex software and intellectual property law, particularly international matters. Clients include Symbian, ARM, TomTom, RadioScape, Frontier Silicon, Inside Contactless, Psion, BeInSync, King.com, Bullitt Group Ltd., Tokio Marine Kiln, Sharp, banks, venture capital funds and small companies with strategic technology in the wireless, telephony, networking and security space. Scope of representation includes international arbitrations, litigation, licensing, transactions and competition law and antitrust counseling and advice with particular reference to lincensing, standards essential patents.

2004-2016 Nagashima & Hashimoto, Tokyo, Japan
Of Counsel
International law firm, representing major Japanese and non-Japanese companies including OKI Electric Industry, Sojitz Corp (formally Nissho Iwai), Nippon SystemWare, Sanofi SA.

2001-2003 ARM Ltd. Cambridge, United Kingdom
General Counsel and Executive Vice-President

2000-2002 PSION PLC, London, United Kingdom
Group Corporate Counsel/Chief Legal Officer