LES JAPAN NEWS

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

1. Column「Overview of LES Activities in Kansai」Shinya HONDO

1. The action policy of each committee in 2025

1. ① Monthly Seminar Committee (Tokyo)Yukihito HADA
2. ② Monthly Seminar Committee (Osaka)Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI
3. ③ Information CommitteeYasuo FUJII
4. ④ Public Relations CommitteeHisako TANAKA
5. ⑤ Web Site CommitteeYuichi YOSHIMURA
6. ⑥ Education CommitteeMasahiro OTSUKI
7. ⑦ LES Japan 2025 Annual Meeting CommitteeHiroyuki KOGURE

2. Action policy of each Working Group & General Study Working Group in 2025

1. ① Competition Law Working GroupKentaro HIRAYAMA
2. ② US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
3. ③ US Issues Working Group (Osaka)Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
4. ④ Asian Issues Studies Working GroupMotohiro UNO
5. ⑤ Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
6. ⑥ Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Katsunori SUGITA
7. ⑦ Trade Secret Working GroupShoji IINO
8. ⑧ Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupBunpei OOIKE
9. ⑨ Healthcare Working GroupTaku SAKURAI
10. ⑩ ICT Business Working GroupFumihiko MORIYA
11. ⑪ Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupAtsuhisa MIYATA
12. ⑫ Branding Working GroupKoji SAITO
    Shizu MACHINO
13. ⑬ Venture and Startup Working GroupYasuyuki KUROSE
14. ⑭ Intellectual Property Finance Working GroupShigeharu YOSHII
15. ⑮ YMC Working GroupSerina MATSUDA
16. ⑯ European Issues Working GroupKouichiro YAMASHITA
17. ⑰ General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Miki GOTO
    Hiroyuki KOGURE

3. The report of the ordinary general meeting (53rd) in 2025Secretariat

4. Monographs・Commentary

1. ① Tips of Startup - Bio-Pharma BusinessIchiro Nakatomi, Ph.D.
2. ② Tips of Startup - Telecommunications BusinessHatsumi IINO
   Tsuneo MIYOSHI
3. ③ Current Issues and Challenges in Collective Copyright ManagementMakoto KAWASE
4. ④ Comparison of employee invention systems in Korea and Japan and considerations for companiesWON KIM
   GYUMIN BAEK
5. ⑤ RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SEP/FRAND LITIGATION IN THE UK<Author>：Zoe Butler & Jodie Goonawardena
   <Summary>：Toshifumi FUTAMATA (in Japanese)
6. ⑥ CAFC Decision Affirming the Fulfillment of the First Requirement for an Anti-Suit InjunctionMasashi CHUSHO

5. Report on the LES Japan-LES China Joint MeetingJunko SUGIMURA

6. U.S. Licensing Case Law

1. The University of Texas v. IDEXX Lab. (Texas Supreme Court)Jinzo FUJINO

7. Monthly Seminar Reports

1. (1) Tokyo October, 2024Hiroyuki KOGURE
2. 　  Tokyo November, 2024Makoto OKADA
3. 　  Tokyo December, 2024Tatsuya YAMAMOTO
4. (2) Osaka October, 2024Tetsuyuki WATANABE
5. 　  Osaka December, 2024Yasuo FUJII

8. Activity reports of each Working Group & General Study Working Group in 2024

1. ① Competition Law Working GroupKentaro HIRAYAMA
2. ② US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
3. ③ US Issues Working Group (Osaka)Yorikatsu HOHOKABE
4. ④ Asian Issues Studies Working GroupMotohiro UNO
5. ⑤ Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
6. ⑥ Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Katsunori SUGITA
7. ⑦ Trade Secret Working GroupShoji IINO
8. ⑧ Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupBunpei OOIKE
9. ⑨ Healthcare Working GroupTaku SAKURAI
10. ⑩ ICT Business Working GroupFumihiko MORIYA
11. ⑪ Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupAtsuhisa MIYATA
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

9. New MembersSecretariat

10. Member's plaza

1. ① Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo FUJINO
2. ② Legal Column No.47Kizo SHIMOKAWA
3. ③ My travels to the site of castles scattered across Japan No.11Kanji KUDO
4. ④ Notes on Chinese Affairs No.27Seiji NISHIUCHI
5. ⑤ Letter from Paris No.26Atsuya TAKESHITA
6. ⑥ Hello from India No.2Yoshinori OKU
7. ⑦ New book introductionTakao YAGI, Shoji IINO

11. Invitation to the 46th Annual Meeting of LES Japan in KanazawaLES Japan 2025 Annual Meeting Committee

12. Rule regarding the application of the copyrightPublic Relations Committee

13. Editor's notePublic Relations Committee