Jason A. Murphy
Partner
Phone: (919) 500-9167 | Email: jmurphy@iplawusa.com
Jason Murphy has been with Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts for over 17 years, earning the trust of in-house patent counsel and corporate legal departments around the world. His practice focuses on patent prosecution and portfolio development for multinational corporations and publicly traded U.S. companies, while also providing strategic guidance to startups, established companies with focused portfolios, and individual inventors.
Foreign law firms across China, Europe, Korea, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, India, and the Middle East regularly rely on Jason to secure U.S. patent protection for their clients. Through these relationships, he also helps domestic clients execute coordinated foreign filing strategies that protect their technologies on a global scale.
In 2023, Jason relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he continued serving clients remotely while laying the groundwork for the firm’s regional expansion. In October 2025, he led the opening of Schmeiser Olsen’s Raleigh office, extending the firm’s national presence into the Research Triangle—one of the country’s most active centers for technology and life-science innovation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jason’s technical experience spans computer hardware and software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, renewable energy, wind turbines, compressor and control systems, blockchain, analytical and biotech instrumentation, medical devices, and industrial automation. Over his career, he has drafted and prosecuted patent applications that became core assets in companies later acquired by larger industry leaders, and he continues to deliver measurable value to the patent portfolios of major corporate clients.
He has also served as lead and backup counsel in Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings and other post-grant matters before the USPTO, including ex parte and inter partes reexaminations and reissue applications. Jason regularly prepares infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate opinions, and advises corporate clients on due diligence strategies for acquisitions, enforcement, and defense. His broader IP practice includes portfolio management, IP strategy, and licensing transactions involving key technology assets.
In addition to his patent work, Jason advises clients on trademark protection and brand strategy, including trademark clearance, prosecution, and portfolio development.
Jason earned his J.D. from Albany Law School, completing the Intellectual Property Concentration with Honors, and holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is admitted to practice in North Carolina and New York, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
OTHER
Before relocating to North Carolina, Jason served as an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School, where he taught Intellectual Property in Business Organizations from 2015 to 2023. He also provided pro bono legal services through the school’s Health Law Clinic and is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Jason lives in the Triangle area with his family, enjoying the opportunities and community that come with raising a child in one of the country’s most dynamic innovation regions.