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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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?～ | |
| 2023.November | Osaka | Issues and Challenges in Intellectual Property Rights and Information-related Legislation with the Advancement of Generative AI | |
| 2023.November | Tokyo | Litigation practice over the estimate of the damages under Article 102.3 of the Patent Act | |
| 2023.October | Tokyo | Generative AI, Metaverse and Copyright | |
| 2023.October | Osaka | IP High Court's Judgment on Dwango Case – Practical Points and Patent Strategies for Cross-Border Services based on Network Technology | |
| 2023.September | Tokyo | IP activities of DAICEL | |
| 2023.August | Tokyo | --- | |
| 2023.July | Osaka | Intellectual Property as a Marketing Tool | |
| 2023.June | Tokyo | Contractual Points for B to B Transactions | |
| 2023.May | Tokyo | Developments and Trends in U.S. Trade Secrets Law | |
| 2023.May | Osaka | Corporate IP Strategy for 2030 | |
| 2023.April | Osaka | Intellectual Property activity at corporate enterprises | |
| 2023.April | Tokyo | AIPLA-LES Japan Joint Meeting 2023 | |
| 2023.March | Osaka | Risks and Opportunities by Introduction of European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court - Practical Advises for Japanese Companies to Survive well under more Complicated Patent System in Europe - | |
| 2023.March | Tokyo | Patent and Business Strategies Learned from Court Precedents | |
| 2023.February | Tokyo | Economic Security and Corporate/IP Activities (Geopolitics and IP) | |
| 2023.February | Osaka | Rights Issues and Practices in the Metaverse and Cyberspace | |
| 2023.January | Osaka | Recent Competition Policy Developments －Focusing on initiatives for digital platform operators－ | |
| 2023.January | Tokyo | Strategic Disclosure Practices for IP Investment and Utilization For Communication with Investors | |
| 2022.December | Osaka | Trends in international rule-making of cross border data transactions | |
| 2022.December | Tokyo | IPR strategy of Panasonic | |
| 2022.November | Osaka | Basics of International Tax Practice and Intellectual Property Strategy | |
| 2022.November | Tokyo | Legal issues over patent infringement in global IT business | |
| 2022.October | Tokyo | Development for Detecton Test of COVID-19 - From the Standpoint of Researcher and Developer of Reagents and Tests - | |
| 2022.October | Osaka | Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its impact on business activity | |
| 2022.September | Osaka | Recommendations for future Japanese business strategies learned from the biotechnology and high-tech industries in Silicon Valley, USA | |
| 2022.September | Tokyo | Standard Essential Patent issue which is no longer a someone else's problem - learning from responses of world's automobile industry of how to face a license offer - | |
| 2022.August | Tokyo | Basics of Economic Security and the Economic Security Promotion Act for Intellectual Property Department Members - With the status of economic security initiatives in the companies - | |
| 2022.July | Osaka | [Strengthening protection of intellectual property in Korea] 1. Amendment of laws giving further protection for owners of IP in Korea 2. Laws and practices for anti-counterfeit activities in Korea 3. The introduction and the currents status of Electronic Case Filing System in Korea | |
| 2022.June | Tokyo | Strategies for patent portfolios under the Unified Patent Court/Unitary Patent in Europe ~ with a focus on enforcement and licensing~ | |
| 2022.May | Osaka | Utilization and Distribution of Digital Information Assets -Business and Licensing related to Data, OSS and NFT- | |
| 2022.May | Tokyo | Market / regulatory trends and issues for digital health | |
| 2022.April | Tokyo | AIPLA- LES Japan Joint meeting | |
| 2022.April | Osaka | Activities of WIPO GREEN | |
| 2022.March | Osaka | Bio-venture patent strategy and licensing strategy | |
