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- Monthly Seminars Tokyo
- May 2026
- Divisional Filing Strategies with a View to Exercising Rights: Insights from Case Law
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- Monthly Seminars Tokyo
- Apr 2026
- AIPLA- LES Japan Joint Meeting
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- Monthly Seminars Osaka
- May 2026
- Ambidextrous Management: A Leadership Perspective on Sustaining New Business Creation
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- Monthly Seminars Osaka
- Apr 2026
- Key Practical Points in Introducing and Utilizing Generative AI: The Importance of Establishing Internal Policies in Maximizing Value While Managing Risks
LES Japan organizes monthly seminars: 11 in Tokyo and 10 in Osaka annually. For more information, please contact here.
The working language is generally Japanese. When we have non-Japanese speaking lecturers, consecutive interepretation is normally available.
For all LES members including non-Japanese members, the fee is 5,000 yen.
Past Monthly Seminers
| Date | Venue | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026.March | Osaka | Intellectual Property Strategy and Organization for Sustainable Management — Considering the Evolution of Generative AI and Geopolitical Risks — | |
| 2026.March | Tokyo | Important Changes to U.S. Patent Practice and Recent Significant U.S. Court Decisions | |
| 2026.February | Tokyo | IP strategy of AJINOMOTO | |
| 2026.February | Osaka | Shimano's IP Activities for Supporting "Captivating Products" | |
| 2026.January | Tokyo | Trends of SEP court decisions in Japan and Europe | |
| 2026.January | Osaka | The Basics of the Fair Transactions Act You might Feel Embarrassed to Ask Now : From Fundamental Rules to Recent Amendments and How to Avoid Being Accused of Unfair Practices in Intellectual Property Transactions | |
| 2025.December | Tokyo | Trend of patent applications and technology transfer in universities and government owned corporations | |
| 2025.December | Osaka | Generative AI and Intellectual Property Law | |
| 2025.November | Tokyo | Intellectual Property Strategy of Shimadzu Corporation: Utilization and Challenges of Generative AI | |
| 2025.October | Tokyo | Effective Use of Brands - In Order to Vitalize Corporate Activities and Raise Corporate Values - | |
| 2025.October | Osaka | The Revision of Trade Secret Management Guidelines and its Effect on the Management of Information | |
| 2025.October | Osaka | Practical marketing techniques based on patent information －New marketing techniques based on IP landscaping－ | |
| 2025.September | Osaka | "Trends in Intellectual Property in the United States and the Impact of the Trump Administration on Intellectual Property" | |
| 2025.September | Tokyo | Intellectual Property Activities of Sysmex | |
| 2025.August | Tokyo | The Importance of Intellectual Property in Startups (Especially University-Based Startups | |
| 2025.June | Osaka | It’s Too Late After the Crisis Strikes: Learning from Real Cases on Preparedness and Crisis Management Strategy | |
| 2025.June | Osaka | Effective Use of Brands - In Order to Vitalize Corporate Activities and Raise Corporate Values - | |
| 2025.June | Tokyo | Current Status of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Two Years After Its Implementation and What Strategies Japanese Companies Should Take Now | |
| 2025.May | Tokyo | Amendment of the Guidance of Management of Trade Secret and Practical Impact | |
| 2025.May | Osaka | Brand valuation and branding promotion | |
| 2025.April | Tokyo | AIPLA- LES Japan Joint Meeting | |
| 2025.March | Osaka | Preparation of Japanese Companies for EU Data Strategy and EU Data Regulation | |
| 2025.March | Tokyo | Recent Important IP Decisions | |
| 2025.February | Tokyo | IP strategy of Murata Manufacturing | |
| 2025.February | Osaka | Companies and Intellectual Property: Key Points Unheard Elsewhere from 30 Years of IP Activities | |
| 2025.January | Osaka | “Basic Key Points for Export and Import Control Regulations which Contract Managers should Understand-Including Contract Practice-” | |
| 2025.January | Tokyo | Discussion on Parameter Patents and the Extraterritorial Reach of Patents | |
| 2025.January | Osaka | Intellectual Property Strategy of Academia | |
| 2024.December | Tokyo | Shimano's IP Activities for Supporting "Captivating Products" | |
| 2024.December | Osaka | Strategic Utilization of the standards | |
| 2024.November | Tokyo | Tax issues arising from intellectual property | |
| 2024.October | Tokyo | Essentials of brand management from a practical person's perspective | |
| 2024.October | Osaka | Intellectual property strategy returning to basics －What is the value of intellectual property?－ | |
| 2024.September | Osaka | Key Points and Recent Issues of Joint Research and Development Agreements with U.S. Entities | |
| 2024.August | Tokyo | Seiko EPSON's IP Strategy for Supporting Sustainable Growth of the Company | |
| 2024.June | Osaka | The Path to Successful M&A: The Role of External Experts and Legal/Intellectual Property Specialists | |
| 2024.June | Osaka | “Trends in AI Inventions/Regulations in Europe” ～Patenting AI inventions, Enforcement of AI patents, Regulating AI in EU, Comparison with Japanese practice～ | |
| 2024.June | Tokyo | Current status and strategies for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) one year after its implementation | |
| 2024.May | Tokyo | Basic and Practices of IP Law in India | |
| 2024.April | Osaka | Corporate response to US lawsuits | |
| 2024.April | Tokyo | AIPLA- LES Joint Meeting 2024 | |
| 2024.March | Osaka | Points of Personal Information and Data Protection Regulations and Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China | |
| 2024.March | Osaka | The Latest Trends in Digital Health - considering Patent Strategies- | |
| 2024.March | Tokyo | Importance of Inventorship Learned from U.S. Court Decisions - - Significant Impact on Patent Infringement Litigation - - | |
| 2024.February | Tokyo | The future and IP strategy of Resonac | |
| 2024.February | Osaka | Overview of Patent Assignment, Patent Evaluation and IP Trusts | |
| 2024.January | Osaka | The Act Partially Amending the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, etc. - Intellectual Property Package Act | |
| 2024.January | Tokyo | IP Activities for Startup survival ~Examples of practices and challenges starting from the drone startup~ | |
| 2023.December | Tokyo | What Makes Waco Different and so Popular? - How Japanese Companies Can Succeed in this Venue - | |
| 2023.December | Osaka | Essentials of brand management from a practical person's perspective ～Why isn't there a deeper understanding of brands among Japanese companies?～ | |
