Ms. Shimako Kato: "Enforcement of Medical Use Patents in Japan - its characteristics and issues"

Dear DJJV members and friends, 

Ms. Shimako Kato, Benrishi, Japanese Patent Attorney

has been so kind as to declare her willingness to hold a lecture about the topic:

"Enforcement of Medical Use Patents in Japan - its characteristics and issues"

The lecture will be held in English language.

Ms. Kato is a partner of Abe, Ikubo and Katayama (Patent attorney). She received a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Waseda University in 1988. She had a working experience in the Japan Patent Office as a patent examiner and a member of board of Appeal in the field of metal processing and polymer processing (1988-2006). She won a scholarship by the National Personnel Authority to European Patent Office and German Patent Office (1998). She seconded to the Tokyo District Court as a Judicial Research Official (2002-2005). In the IP division at the Tokyo District Court, she provided expert advices on technicality of patent properties to judges when they make judicial decisions of patent infringement cases in the chemical field and of other intellectual property cases. In 2006, she registered as patent attorney and joined Abe Ikubo, and Katayama. She has been mainly involved in patent infringement cases and invalidation trials. She learned German patent litigation practice under Judge Thomas Kühnen in the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (2013). Since April 2018, she teaches at Waseda University for LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law. 

We cordially invite you to take part in the lecture!

Date:        23 October 2019, 6.00 p.m. s.t. 
Duration:  Appr. 1 hour incl. questions and discussion
Place:       Law Office Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Georg-Glock-Straße 4, 40474 Düsseldorf
                 www.heuking.de

In the sublevel storey, you will find the visitors' parking area which is free of charge. 
After the lecture, we would like to invite you to a get-together with food and beverages.

We would be grateful if you could send your confirmation, which is very welcome by e-mail, to

Ms. Susanne Rusch
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We would appreciate your answer by 17 October 2019.

We would like to thank the Law Office Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek and its partner Hironaga Kaneko, Rechtsanwalt, Vice President and Board Member of our organisation, for the organisation of this lecture.

Best regards,

Kristina Wassenberg

Kristina Wassenberg
Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
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