Takamitsu Shigetomi

EDUCATION Osaka University LL.B. 1997 Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan Diploma 1999 University of Washington School of Law IP LL.M. 2003

PRACTICE AREAS Intellectual Property Licensing and Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS Admitted to the bar in Japan 1999 and New York 2005 Admitted as patent attorney in Japan 2005

MEMBER Osaka Bar Association Japan Federation of Bar Associations Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

LECTURER Adjunct Lecturer of Graduate School of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology, teaching U.S. Patent and Trade Secret Law Adjunct Lecturer of Graduate School at Kyusyu University, teaching Intellectual Property Law Adjunct Lecturer of Faculty of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology, teaching Anglo-American Law Adjunct Lecturer of Kwansei Gakuin University Law School, teaching Intellectual Property Law (Patent Law and Copyright Law) and Intellectual Property Law Seminar (Patent Case Law and Copyright Case Law)