LES JAPAN NEWS

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

1. Column Intellectual property activities leveraging generative AI Motohiro UNO

1. LES JAPAN 47th Annual Meeting in Nara

1. (1) Report on LES JAPAN 47th Annual Meeting Shinya HONDO
2. (2) Keynote Speech (I) Kouichiro YAMASHITA
3. 　 Keynote Speech (II) Yasuo FUJII
4. (3) Workshop Reports
5. 　 WS I US　Issues Working Group + US Issues Working Group (Osaka) +
   　 European Issues Working Group Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
   Kouichiro YAMASHITA
6. 　 WS II　Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working Group Bunpei OOIKE
7. 　 WS III　Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working Group Atsuhisa MIYATA
8. 　 WS IV　Intellectual Property Finance Working Group + Branding Working Group Naoto HIRAMATSU
   Koji SAITO
9. (4) Panel Discussion Hitoshi KATSURA
10. (5) Tour Reports Bunpei OOIKE
11. (6) LESJ Golf Competition Reports Hiroomi NABESHIMA

2. Monographs・Commentary

1. (1) ― Roundtable Discussion ― On the Nalfurafine Patent Infringement Case (Patent Term Extension) Yasuko TANAKA
   Yuko MATSUTOYA
   Tomohiko MAKINO
2. (2) Formation of an IP Management Support Market in the AI Era:
   　 Co-learning between SMEs and IP Professionals through "Stabono" Tatsuya TAKADA
   Yasuto SHIMAMURA
3. (3) ASSESSING WITHOUT DETERMINING: FRAND AS A MATTER OF EVIDENCE IN
   　 BRAZIL <Author>: Vicente Rosenfeld
   <Summary>: Toshifumi Futamata (in Japanese)
4. Follow-up on Monographs and Commentaries Published in LES JAPAN NEWS Public Relations Committee

3. Report on the LES International Annual Conference

1. 1. International Management & Delegates’ Meeting (IMDM) Shoei IMAI
   Tomomi FUJITA
2. 2. LESI Annual Conference 2026 Chikako HASHIMOTO
   Koji SAITO

4. Recent Important Foreign Court Case

1. (1) U.S. Licensing Case Law Jinzo FUJINO
2. (2) U.S. Supreme Court Case Law Chiaki KOBAYASHI

5. Monthly Seminar Reports

1. ① Tokyo May, 2026 Takeshi KANDA
2. 　 Tokyo June, 2026 Makoto OKADA
3. ② Osaka April, 2026 Mitsuhiro KATO
4. 　 Osaka May, 2026 Bunpei OOIKE
5. 　 Osaka June, 2026 Hitoshi KATSURA

6. Activity reports of each Working Group & Study Group

1. ① US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu 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)Kazuo BEKKI
5. ⑤ Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Katsunori SUGITA
6. ⑥ Trade Secret Working GroupHiroyuki TAMURA
7. ⑦ Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupBunpei OOIKE
8. ⑧ Healthcare Working GroupChiaki KOBAYASHI
9. ⑨ ICT Business Working GroupTakeshi ISHIKURA
10. ⑩ Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupAtsuhisa MIYATA
11. ⑪ Branding Working GroupShizu MACHINO
    Koji SAITO
12. ⑫ Venture and Startup Working GroupYasuyuki KUROSE
13. ⑬ Intellectual Property Finance Working GroupShigeharu YOSHII
14. ⑭ YMC Working GroupSerina MATSUDA
15. ⑮ European Issues Working GroupKouichiro YAMASHITA
16. ⑯ General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Miki GOTO
    Hiroyuki KOGURE

7. New MembersSecretariat

8. Member's plaza

1. (1) Munich Stay Life Miscellany No.31Yuko MATSUYA
2. (2) Notes on Chinese Affairs No.33Seiji NISHIUCHI
3. (3) Letter from Paris No.32Atsuya TAKESHITA
4. (4) Hello from India No.8Yoshinori OKU
5. (5) From Northern Ireland: Reading Politics in Everyday Life No.3Chisono YODA
6. (6) A Practitioner's View of Current Hong Kong No.2Takuya MIMA
7. (7) Everyday Silicon Valley No.1Shigeki TAKEUCHI
8. (8) Member Spotlight RelaysHitoshi KATSURA
9. (9) New book introductionHisako TANAKA

9. Editor's notePublic Relations Committee