Cooley (UK) LLP

Patent Counseling & Prosecution
Patent Counseling & Prosecution – Life Sciences
Life Sciences
Intellectual Property
Technology

Colm Murphy is a partner in Cooley's London office. He is an European Patent Attorney and a Chartered Patent Attorney with a practice covering a broad range of IP matters in the life sciences arena. He has over 20 years' experience advising clients in relation to biochemical, pharmaceutical and medical device patents. 

Colm's practice includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications to EPO Oppositions and Appeals; freedom-to-operate clearances; as well advising on IP portfolio/ risk management strategies; and IP exploitation. His approach is to build strong collaborative relationships with clients in order to be able to provide proactive and commercial solutions.

Colm has particular expertise advising clients in contentious matters including Opposition and Appeals at the European Patent Office. He acts in this area as European counsel for a global gene sequencing company and has successfully defended and invalidated many European patents on their behalf.

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
• European Patent Institute
• Member, CIPA Biotechnology Committee

• Nottingham Law School
  LLM, 2007
• Queen Mary University
  MSc, 1993
• University of Dublin Trinity College
  BA, 1992