Katsumi Shinohara
ADMISSIONS:
1969, Japan
1970, Appointed as Assistant Judge
2014, Re-registered, Japan
EDUCATION:
The University of Tokyo
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1970 Assistant Judge, Tokyo District Court
1972-1973 Assistant Judge Overseas Special Research
(dispatched to West Germany)
1973-1985 Judge, Kobe District Court, Asahikawa District and
Family Court, Osaka High Court; and Fukuoka High Court
Naha Branch
1985 Judicial Research Official, Supreme Court
1991 Presiding Judge, Tokyo District Court
1997 Presiding Judge, Yokohama District Court
1999 Chief Judge, Hakodate District and Family Court
2000 Presiding Judge, Tokyo High Court
2005 Appointed as the first Chief Judge of the Intellectual
Property High Court
2007 President, Fukuoka High Court
2009-2015 Member of the Industrial Property Council, Japan Patent
Office
2010-2015 Visiting Professor, Keio Law School
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
LANGUAGES:
Japanese
PRACTICE AREAS:
Intellectual Property
Civil Litigation
Commercial Arbitration