VOL.67 No.1 March, 2026

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

  1. Column「Step with the Times」Yuko TSUDA

1. The chairman's greetingShoei IMAI

2. At the expiration of my chairman's term of officeChikako HASHIMOTO

3. The action policy of each committee in 2026

  1. ① Monthly Seminar Committee (Tokyo)Hiroyuki KOGURE
  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 CommitteeSeiji NISHIUCHI
  7. ⑦ LES Japan 2026 Annual Meeting CommitteeShinya HONDO

4. 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)Kazuo BEKKI
  6. ⑥ Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Katsunori SUGITA
  7. ⑦ Trade Secret Working GroupHiroyuki TAMURA
  8. ⑧ Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupBunpei OOIKE
  9. ⑨ Healthcare Working GroupTaku SAKURAI
  10. ⑩ ICT Business Working GroupTakeshi ISHIKURA
  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

5. The report of the ordinary general meeting (54th) in 2026Secretariat

6. Monographs・Commentary

  1. (1) Repair and change of products and intellectual property right
    　 — issues on promoting Circular Economy Commerce in Japan     Shizu MACHINO
  2. (2) LESJ's Award of Integrated Reports - Activities in 2025 (Part 1) Naoto HIRAMATSU
    Koji SAITO
  3. (3) The European Design System creates superweapons
    　 Easy to get Easy to enforce Not easy to destroy     Matthias Grill
  4. (4) SEP Legal Landscape in the United States <Author>: John T. Johnson, Michael F. Autuoro,
    Jeffrey C. Mok
    <Summary>: Toshifumi FUTAMATA (in Japanese)
  5. (5) UK High Court Grants Interim Licence Declarations in an AVC/HEVC SEP Dispute
    　 (Acer v. Nokia [2025] EWHC (Pat) 3331, 18 Dec 2025)     Masashi Chusho
  6. (6) Follow-up on Monographs and Commentaries Published in LES JAPAN NEWS Public Relations Committee

7. U.S. Licensing Case LawJinzo FUJINO

  1. Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. v. Sarepta Therapeutics Inc

8. Monthly Seminar Reports

  1. (1) Tokyo October, 2025 Yasuyo YOSHIMIZU
  2. 　 Tokyo November, 2025 Hiroyuki KOGURE
  3. 　 Tokyo December, 2025 Shizu MACHINO
  4. (2) Osaka October, 2025 Shinya HONDO
  5. 　 Osaka December, 2025 Yasuo FUJII

9. Activity reports of each Working Group & General Study Working Group in 2025

  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)Tadayuki KIKUMA
  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 GroupTaku SAKURAI
  9. ⑨ ICT Business Working GroupTakeshi ISHIKURA
  10. ⑩ Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupAtsuhisa MIYATA
  11. ⑪ Venture and Startup Working GroupYasuyuki KUROSE
  12. ⑫ YMC Working GroupSerina MATSUDA
  13. ⑬ European Issues Working GroupKouichiro YAMASHITA
  14. ⑭ General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Miki GOTO
    Hiroyuki KOGURE

10. New MembersSecretariat

11. Member's plaza

  1. (1) Notes on Chinese Affairs No.31Seiji NISHIUCHI
  2. (2) Letter from Paris No.30Atsuya TAKESHITA
  3. (3) Hello from India No.6Yoshinori OKU
  4. (4) Letter from England No.1Seiko HIDAKA
  5. (5) From Northern Ireland: Reading Politics in Everyday Life No.1Chisono YODA
  6. (6) Member Spotlight RelaysYasuyuki KUROSE
  7. (7) New book introductionHisako TANAKA

12. Invitation to the 47th Annual Meeting of LES Japan in NaraLES Japan 2026 Annual Meeting Committee

13. Rule regarding the application of the copyrightPublic Relations Committee

14. Editor's notePublic Relations Committee

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