加藤 志麻子 Shimako Kato

Shimako Kato worked for the Japan Patent Office as a patent examiner and a member of the board of Appeal in the field of metal processing and polymer processing. She was also engaged in the amendment of the examination standards at the JPO. In the IP division at the Tokyo District Court, she provided, as a Judicial Research Official, expert advice on the technical aspects of patent properties to judges when they make judicial decisions on patent infringement cases in the chemical field and other intellectual property cases.

Shimako mainly represents companies in patent infringement cases, lawsuits seeking cancelation of JPO decisions, invalidation trials as well as opposition cases, using her experience and expertise at the JPO and the Tokyo District Court. She also advises clients in connection with contentious issues in Germany using her experience in the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf and European Patent Office.

Shimako has also taught “prosecution practice and exercise of patent rights” at the Waseda University LL.M. program in Intellectual Property Law since 2018. She frequently gives lectures for the JPO, IP organizations, EPO, and client companies.