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Mr Colm Mackernan Admitted: New York; England & Wales (alsoWashington (not current); Republic of Ireland (not current)

Job title: Attorney at Law/Solicitor
Country: United States

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: North America

Company details

Origin Ltd
Twisden Works
Twisden Road
NW5 1DN

Personal bio

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