VOL.66 No.3 September, 2025
Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN
A table of contents
- Column「When IP Becomes Commodity: How IP and Intellectual Property Become Different in the
Age of AI」Shingo TSUDA
1. LES JAPAN 46th Annual Meeting in Kanazawa
- (1) Report on LES JAPAN 46th Annual MeetingHiroyuki KOGURE
- (2) Keynote Speech (I)Chiaki KOBAYASHI
- Keynote Speech (II)Takeshi KANDA
- (3) Workshop Reports
- WSⅠ US Issues Working Group + US Issues Working Group (Osaka) +
European Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
Kouichiro YAMASHITA - WSⅡ Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working Group +
Healthcare Working GroupTaku SAKURAI
Atsuhisa MIYATA - WSⅢ Asian Issues Studies Working GroupMotohiro UNO
- (4) Panel DiscussionShinya HONDO
- (5) Tour ReportsYasuo FUJII
- (6) LESJ Golf Competition ReportsYoshikazu IWASE
2. Monographs・Commentary
- ① Strategic IP Innovation for Corporate Value Creation — A New Era of IP Utilization Part 1: Empowering Decisions with Data and AIHiroshi KAWANA
Sakae NAKAMURA - ② Overview of the International Application Systems at WIPOYosuke MATSUBARA
Takeharu SATO
Masami VAN WOUW - ③ Ten years after the enforcement of the Geographical Indication (GI) protection systemKumi OJIMA
- ④ FRAND Under English Law: A Distinctive Judicial Philosophy<Author>:Richard VARY, William WARNE,
Seiko HIDAKA
<Introduction> : Toshifumi Futamata (in Japanese)
3. Report on the International Meeting
- Report on LES International Management &Delegates MeetingChikako HASHIMOTO
Shoei IMAI
Hiroki SAITO - Report on LES International Annual ConferenceKoji SAITO
Tomomi FUJITA
4. U.S. Licensing Case LawJinzo FUJINO
- DexCom, Inc. v. Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.
5. Monthly Seminar Reports
- (1) Tokyo May, 2025Shizu MACHINO
- Tokyo June, 2025Makoto OKADA
- (2) Osaka May, 2025Katsushi ISHIKAWA
- Osaka June, 2025Tomomi FUJITA
- Osaka June, 2025Shinya HONDO
6. Activity reports of each Working Group & Study Group
- ① Competition Law Working GroupKentaro HIRAYAMA
- ② US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
- ③ US Issues Working Group (Osaka)Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
- ④ Asian Issues Studies Working GroupMotohiro UNO
- ⑤ Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
- ⑥ Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Katsunori SUGITA
- ⑦ Trade Secret Working GroupShoji IINO
- ⑧ Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupBunpei OOIKE
- ⑨ Healthcare Working GroupTaku SAKURAI
- ⑩ ICT Business Working GroupFumihiko MORIYA
- ⑪ Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupAtsuhisa MIYATA
- ⑫ Branding Working GroupShizu MACHINO
Koji SAITO - ⑬ Venture and Startup Working GroupYasuyuki KUROSE
- ⑭ Intellectual Property Finance Working GroupShigeharu YOSHII
- ⑮ YMC Working GroupSerina MATSUDA
- ⑯ European Issues Working GroupKouichiro YAMASHITA
- ⑰ General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Miki GOTO
Hiroyuki KOGURE
7. New MembersSecretariat
8. Member's plaza
- ① Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo FUJINO
- ② Legal Column No.49Kizo SHIMOKAWA
- ③ My travels to the site of castles scattered across Japan No.13Kanji KUDO
- ④ Notes on Chinese Affairs No.29Seiji NISHIUCHI
- ⑤ Letter from Paris No.28Atsuya TAKESHITA
- ⑥ Hello from India No.4Yoshinori OKU




