LES Japan organizes monthly seminars: 11 in Tokyo and 10 in Osaka annually. For more information, please contact here.
The working language is generally Japanese. When we have non-Japanese speaking lecturers, consecutive interepretation is normally available.
For all LES members including non-Japanese members, the fee is 5,000 yen.
Past Monthly Seminers
| Date | Venue | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025.March | Tokyo | Recent Important IP Decisions | |
| 2025.February | Tokyo | IP strategy of Murata Manufacturing | |
| 2025.February | Osaka | Companies and Intellectual Property: Key Points Unheard Elsewhere from 30 Years of IP Activities | |
| 2025.January | Osaka | “Basic Key Points for Export and Import Control Regulations which Contract Managers should Understand-Including Contract Practice-” | |
| 2025.January | Tokyo | Discussion on Parameter Patents and the Extraterritorial Reach of Patents | |
| 2025.January | Osaka | Intellectual Property Strategy of Academia | |
| 2024.December | Tokyo | Shimano's IP Activities for Supporting "Captivating Products" | |
| 2024.December | Osaka | Strategic Utilization of the standards | |
| 2024.November | Tokyo | Tax issues arising from intellectual property | |
| 2024.October | Tokyo | Essentials of brand management from a practical person's perspective | |
| 2024.October | Osaka | Intellectual property strategy returning to basics －What is the value of intellectual property?－ | |
| 2024.September | Osaka | Key Points and Recent Issues of Joint Research and Development Agreements with U.S. Entities | |
| 2024.August | Tokyo | Seiko EPSON's IP Strategy for Supporting Sustainable Growth of the Company | |
| 2024.June | Osaka | The Path to Successful M&A: The Role of External Experts and Legal/Intellectual Property Specialists | |
| 2024.June | Osaka | “Trends in AI Inventions/Regulations in Europe” ～Patenting AI inventions, Enforcement of AI patents, Regulating AI in EU, Comparison with Japanese practice～ | |
| 2024.June | Tokyo | Current status and strategies for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) one year after its implementation | |
| 2024.May | Tokyo | Basic and Practices of IP Law in India | |
| 2024.April | Osaka | Corporate response to US lawsuits | |
| 2024.April | Tokyo | AIPLA- LES Joint Meeting 2024 | |
| 2024.March | Osaka | Points of Personal Information and Data Protection Regulations and Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China | |
| 2024.March | Osaka | The Latest Trends in Digital Health - considering Patent Strategies- | |
| 2024.March | Tokyo | Importance of Inventorship Learned from U.S. Court Decisions - - Significant Impact on Patent Infringement Litigation - - | |
| 2024.February | Tokyo | The future and IP strategy of Resonac | |
| 2024.February | Osaka | Overview of Patent Assignment, Patent Evaluation and IP Trusts | |
| 2024.January | Osaka | The Act Partially Amending the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, etc. - Intellectual Property Package Act | |
| 2024.January | Tokyo | IP Activities for Startup survival ~Examples of practices and challenges starting from the drone startup~ | |
| 2023.December | Tokyo | What Makes Waco Different and so Popular? - How Japanese Companies Can Succeed in this Venue - | |
| 2023.December | Osaka | Essentials of brand management from a practical person's perspective ～Why isn't there a deeper understanding of brands among Japanese companies?～ | |
| 2023.November | Osaka | Issues and Challenges in Intellectual Property Rights and Information-related Legislation with the Advancement of Generative AI | |
| 2023.November | Tokyo | Litigation practice over the estimate of the damages under Article 102.3 of the Patent Act | |
| 2023.October | Tokyo | Generative AI, Metaverse and Copyright | |
| 2023.October | Osaka | IP High Court's Judgment on Dwango Case – Practical Points and Patent Strategies for Cross-Border Services based on Network Technology | |
| 2023.September | Tokyo | IP activities of DAICEL | |
| 2023.August | Tokyo | --- | |
| 2023.July | Osaka | Intellectual Property as a Marketing Tool | |
| 2023.June | Tokyo | Contractual Points for B to B Transactions | |
| 2023.May | Tokyo | Developments and Trends in U.S. Trade Secrets Law | |
| 2023.May | Osaka | Corporate IP Strategy for 2030 | |
| 2023.April | Osaka | Intellectual Property activity at corporate enterprises | |
| 2023.April | Tokyo | AIPLA-LES Japan Joint Meeting 2023 | |
| 2023.March | Osaka | Risks and Opportunities by Introduction of European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court - Practical Advises for Japanese Companies to Survive well under more Complicated Patent System in Europe - | |
| 2023.March | Tokyo | Patent and Business Strategies Learned from Court Precedents | |
| 2023.February | Tokyo | Economic Security and Corporate/IP Activities (Geopolitics and IP) | |
| 2023.February | Osaka | Rights Issues and Practices in the Metaverse and Cyberspace | |
| 2023.January | Osaka | Recent Competition Policy Developments －Focusing on initiatives for digital platform operators－ | |
| 2023.January | Tokyo | Strategic Disclosure Practices for IP Investment and Utilization For Communication with Investors | |
| 2022.December | Osaka | Trends in international rule-making of cross border data transactions | |
| 2022.December | Tokyo | IPR strategy of Panasonic | |
| 2022.November | Osaka | Basics of International Tax Practice and Intellectual Property Strategy | |
| 2022.November | Tokyo | Legal issues over patent infringement in global IT business | |
