LES JAPAN NEWS

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

1. Column「LES through writing」Yasuyo YOSHIMIZU

1.LES JAPAN 44th annual meeting(Hamamatsu)

1. (1) Report of LES JAPAN 44th annual meeting Akihiro SAKO
2. (2) Keynote Speech1Takeshi IIZUKA
3. 　  Keynote Speech2 Yuko TSUDA
4. (3) Workshop Reports
5. 　  WSⅠ "US Issues Working Group+US Issues Working Group(Osaka)+European Issues Working Group"Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
6. 　  WSⅡ "Healthcare Working Group+Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working Group"Yoshihiko SATOH
7. 　  WSⅢ "Intellectual Property Finance Working Group" + "Branding Working Group"Shizu MACHINO
8. (4) Panel DiscussionHajime OGAWA
9. (5) Tour ReportsYasuo FUJII
10. (6) LESJ Golf Competition ReportsHideyuki OGAYA

2.Monographs・Commentary

1. ① Significance of in-house IP department to society - Challenge of Panasonic IP Department based on Purpose -Yoshiaki TOKUDA and Masato MURAYAMA
2. ② Amgen v. Sanofi: What IP Attorneys Should Know About Enablement After The U.S. Supreme Court DecisionTeresa M. Summers
3. ③ Introduction of the latest Supreme Court Decision on the Qualcomm‘ｓ unfair competition caseWon Kim, attorney; Ho Jun Lee, patent attorney
4. ④ Common-law perspectives of patent cases in U.S. courtsJinzo FUJINO
5. ⑤ Mid-2023 Update: What Happened in U.S. Standard-Essential Patent Licensing and Litigation over the Past 2 Years」<Author>：Joseph YANG
   <Summary> : Toshifumi Futamata (in Japanese)

3.U.S. Supreme Court's DecisionJinzo FUJINO

1. Amgen v. Sanofi, 598 U.S. (2023), Decided May 18, 2023

4.Monthly Seminar Reports

1. (1) Tokyo May, 2023Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
2. 　  Tokyo June, 2023Manabu MUKAIHARA
3. (2) Osaka February, 2023Shinya HONDO
4. 　  Osaka April, 2023Hitoshi KATSURA
5. 　  Osaka May, 2023Hitoshi KATSURA
6. 　  Osaka June, 2023Shinya HONDO

5.Activity reports of each Working Group & Study Group

1. ① US Issues Working Group Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
2. ② US Issues Working Group(Osaka)Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
3. ③ Asian Issues Studies Working GroupMotohiro UNO
4. ④ Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
5. ⑤ Trade Secret Working GroupSyoji IINO
6. ⑥ Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working Group Bunpei OOIKE
7. ⑦ Healthcare Working GroupYoshihiko SATO
8. ⑧ ICT Business Working GroupFumihiko MORIYA
9. ⑨ Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupAtsuhisa MIYATA
10. ⑩ Branding Working GroupKoji SAITO
    Shizu MACHINO
11. ⑪ Intellectual Property Finance Working GroupShigeharu YOSHII
12. ⑫ YMC Working Group Takeshi IIZUKA
13. ⑬ European Issues Working Group Kouichiro YAMASHITA
14. ⑭ General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Miki GOTO
    Hiroyuki KOGURE

6.New Members Secretariat

7.Member's plaza

1. ① Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo FUJINO
2. ② Legal Column No.41Kizo SHIMOKAWA
3. ③ My travels to the site of castles scattered across Japan No.5 Kanji KUDO
4. ④ What forms Russia and Russian? No.24Kie MATSUSHIMA
5. ⑤ Notes on Chinese Affairs No.21 Seiji NISHIUCHI
6. ⑥ Letter from Paris No.21 Atsuya TAKESHITA
7. ⑦ Thailand･Connect No.9 Baker & McKenzie law firm in Bangkok
8. ⑧ New book introduction Jinzo FUJINO
   Takao YAGI

8.Editor's notePublic Relations Committee