Vol.58 No.4 December, 2017
Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN
A table of contents
- Column 「What I have received from LES」Tetsuyuki WATANABE
1.Monographs
- (1)Practice of patent infringement suit in GermanyHironaga KANEKO
- (2)Business activities abroad to infringe US patentsTakayuki YASAKU
- (3)Judgment of Recent Support Requirements on Numerical Limitation InventionSatoshi IKEDA
- (4)Copyrightability of a work of applied art -Appellate court’s decision in the TRIPP TRAPP case and case development thereafter-Yuichi YOSHIMURA
2.Recent U.S. Supreme Court's Decision
- 「Venues for domestic corporations are limited to states where corporate registrations are made」Jinzo FUJINO
3.Activity reports of each working group & Study Group
- (1)US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
- (2)Asian Issues Studies Working GroupMotohiro UNO
- (3)Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
- (4)Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupKazuhiro KOBAYASHI
- (5)ICT Business Working GroupTomoko NOGUCHI
- (6)Branding Working GroupChikako HASHIMOTO
- (7)General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Miki GOTO
4.Monthly Seminar Reports
(1)(Tokyo)
- ・August 2017Fumihiro UENO
- Subject:Licensing practice in China and ASEAN countries – Legal issues and licensing strategies
- Speakers:Mr. Masashi KUROSE, Patent Attorney, Representative, Kurose IP Management
Mr. Masataka KAMIYANAGI, Patent Attorney, Representative, Kamiyanagi IP Management
- ・September 2017Yasuyo YOSHIMIZU
- Subject:Fin Tech -History of its development and future prospect-
- Speakers:Mr. Ryoji KASHIWAGI, Senior Researcher, Financial IT Innovation Department, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
- ・October 2017Shizu MACHINO
- Subject:Competition policies in the age of big data – what we can anticipate from the JFTC’s study report.
- Speakers:Mr. Akira GOTOU, Professor emeritus. Tokyo University
Mr. Yoshiki MIZUNO, Member, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Mr. Kensuke KUBO, Vice-president , AlixPartners
Mr. Kentaro HIRAYAMA, Leader, LESJ Competition Law Working Group, Attorney-at-law, Instructor, Faculty of Law Hosei University
(2)(Osaka)
- ・September 2017Hiroshi TANAKA
- Subject:Protection and utilization of trade secrets -Practical and strategic advice to cope with future litigation-
- Speakers:Mr. SeiyuSUZUKI, Patent Attorney, Esq admitted in Japan and New York, Hamada Law Offfice
- ・September 2017Hitoshi KATSURA
- Subject:Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Intellectual Property
- Speakers:Mr. Kensaku FUKUI, Esq admitted in Japan and New York, US of the Kotto Dori Law Office
- ・October 2017Hitoshi KATSURA
- Subject: Introduction to M & A practice for IP personnel
- Speakers:Mr. Hirokazu HAYASHI, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
5.New Members
- New member’s Self introductionSecretariat
6.Member's plaza
- (1)Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo FUJINO
- (2)SENRYU (short humorous poem) as I like No.35Toshihiko KANAYAMA
- (3)American life essays No.22Suzue FUJIMORI
- (4)Legal Column No.19Kizo SHIMOKAWA
- (5)Journey of my hiking and Village walk-in the great outdoorsKanji KUDO
- (6)Postage stamps related to Intellectual Property-3Ryoichi ITO
- (7)What forms Russia and Russian? No.1Kie MATSUSHIMA
- (8)New book introductionTakao YAGI