LES JAPAN NEWS

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

1. Column An Engineer is the Main User of Patent SystemTakami AOYAMA

1.LESI Management & Delegates' Meeting and Annual Conference Report (Moscow)

1. (1) LES 2014 International Management & Delegates' Meeting (IMDM) & Annual Conference in Moscow (Dates: 16 -21 May, 2014)Ichiro NAKATOMI
2. (2)International Management & Delegates' Meeting (IMDM)Junko SUGIMURA
3. (3)Meeting & Conference
   1. 3-1 Investment CommitteeYorikatsu HOHOKABE
   2. 3-2 Membership CommitteeSumiko KOBAYASHI
   3. 3-3 Asia Pacific CommitteeJunko SUGIMURA
   4. 3-4 Chemicals, Energy, Environmental and Materials(CEEM) CommitteeSumiko KOBAYASHI
   5. 3-5 High Tech CommitteeMakoto OGINO

2.LESJ-AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) Joint MeetingnTakashi SUZUKI

3.Around the World with LES（ATW）Masahiko KATO

4.Monographs

1. (1)“Comparison of Signs and of Goods and Services in Community Trade Mark Practice”Zhu SHUNDE, Ryo MATSUMOTO
2. (2)“Federal Circuit Flexes Its Precedential Power In Recent Decisions”Tetsuaki ODA
3. (3)"Duty to preserve and Legal Hold in the U.S."Emi OHIRA
4. (4)“The Basic Legal System of Intellectual Property Rights Litigation in China - Series 1”Eriko HAYASHI, Nobuhisa HAYANO, Sun YUCHUAN

5.Activity reports of each working group & Study Group

1. (1)US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
2. (2)Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
3. (3)Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Hisashi WATANABE
4. (4)Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupMasahiko KATO

1. (4)US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
2. (5)Management for licensing business Working GroupTakashi AOKI

6. Monthly Seminar Reports

(1)(Tokyo)

1. ・February, 2014（Tokyo Special monthly lecture）Yuji OHMAGARI

1. Subject:Recollection & Summary of my 40 years-long Licensing Business-Introduction of my carrier and episode as a
   Senior Licensing Executive for Japanese Engineering Contractor Companies－
2. Speaker:Torahiko Maki,(Director & Executive Officer, TSUKISHIMA KIKAI Co.,Ltd.)

1. ・March, 2014Yasuyo YOSHIMIZU

1. Subject:「Dealing with IP Risks in Asia, Focusing on China, India and ASEAN」
2. Speaker:Masashi Kurose（Kyowa Patent and Law Office）

(2)(Osaka)

1. ・March, 2014Akira ITO

1. Subject:Amendment to the Civil Code - including impact on licensing practice -
2. Speaker:Yoshio Shiomi (Professor of Graduate School of Law Kyoto University)

1. ・April, 2014Hisashi WATANABE

1. Subject:Recent Tendency of Inventive Step Judgement in IP High Court and JPO
   -Focusing on cases in several fields in which IP High Court and JPO held different decisions-
2. Speaker:Yoshinori HOSODA(HOSODA INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE, Representative, Patent Attorney)

7.New MembersSecretariat

8.New member’s Self introductionSecretariat

9. Member's plaza

1. (1)Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo FUJINO
2. (2)SENRYU (short humorous poem) as I like No.22Toshihiko KANAYAMA
3. (3)Munich Stay Life Miscellany No6Yuko MATSUYA
4. (4)American life essays(8)Suzue FUJIMORI
5. (5)Legal Column (3)Kizou SHIMOKAWA
6. (6)The Japanese in DenmarkShinji OKAYAMA
7. (7)New book introductionTakao YAGI

Editor's notePublic Relations Committee