Masako Yoshida

Attorney at Law
Patent Attorney

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Telephone
612.455.3814

Fax
612.455.3801

E-mail
myoshida@hsml.com

Support Staff
Jane Schommer
612.455.3815

Technology Areas

Chemical
Pharmaceutical
Biotechnology
Medical Device

Education

Chiba University (Japan)
    B.S., Chemistry, with honor (Sodai), 1979
William Mitchell College of Law
    J.D., cum laude, 2004

Bar Admissions

Minnesota State Bar, 2004
District of Columbia Bar, 2007
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (limited recognition), 2011

Experience

Ms. Yoshida practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patents and licensing. Prior to joining HSML, for two years she served German speaking clients in Tokyo at a German firm, ARQIS Foreign Law Office. Ms. Yoshida has extensive experience in a broad range of international and domestic licensing and commercial transactions in pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals while working in a pharmaceutical company in the Takeda Group in Japan and in a prominent trading company specializing in chemicals and pharmaceuticals, Nagase & Co., Ltd., and Nagase (Europa) GmbH, as a licensing, corporate development, and sales and marketing manager. While in 3M Health Care, Ltd. in Japan, she was responsible for pharmaceutical and medical device domestic registration, pharmaceutical licensing, professional services, and laboratory work. Ms. Yoshida spent two and half years in Germany while working for Nagase (Europa) GmbH and speaks German. Ms. Yoshida also has experience in tort and product liability litigation as a pro-bono attorney.

Language Skills

Japanese, German

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
District of Columbia Bar
Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association