LES JAPAN NEWS

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

1. Column“Friendships with LES”Ichiro Nakatomi

1.LES International Management and Delegates Meeting Report (London) June 3-5, 2011

1. 1.1 London LESI Management and Delegates MeetingJunichi Yamazaki
2. 1.2 Asia Pacific Presidents and Asia Pacific CommitteeJunko Sugimura
3. 1.3 Meeting CommitteeMasau Takayanagi
4. 1.4 Patent & Technology Licensing Committee (PTLC)Yorikatsu Hohokabe
5. 1.5 Chemicals, Energy Environment and Materials Industry Committee MeetingSumiko Kobayash
6. 1.6 External Relations CommitteeIchiro Nakatomi

2.Annual Meeting Reports

1. 2.1 34th annual meeting (Toyama)Kimio Kamiyama
2. 2.2 Program
3. 2.3 Summary of the lectures

1. 2.3.1 Keynote Address; The religion in Tateyama and the character of medicine business of ToyamaMasataka Kamiyanagi

1. Speaker:Hiroshi YONEHARA (Tateyama Museum of Toyama)

1. 2.3.2 Panel Discussion　“Patent System at a Crossroads”Hiroki Saito

1. Moderator:Yhoichi OHMORI
2. Speaker:Masakatsu TAKAYASU (President and CEO, NUTIMA-SU Inc.)
3. Panelist:Fumihiko MORIYA
   Kazuo SATHO
   Naoto KUJI

1. 2.3.3 Technical history and future in YKK CorporationMegumi Konishi

1. Speaker:Yusei SASSA (YKK Corporation)

1. 2.4 Workshop Reports

1. 2.4.1 Counterclaim of Correction of the Patent to Invalidity Defense in a Patent Infringement SuitSumiko Kobayashi
2. 2.4.2 Global Bio-Pharmaceutical Royalty Rates & Deal Terms SurveyBruno Rossi
3. 2.4.3 Latest information on intellectual property in VietnamKatsuichi.Ohtsuki

1. 2.5 Questionnaire Results SummaryYasuyo Yoshimizu
2. 2.6 Special training reportChikashi Tamura

3.Monograph

1. 3.1 On whether the Working of Single Drug is considered to be Indirect
2. Infringement of the Patent Right of Combination DrugKoichi Hirota
3. 3.2 En banc decision over Section 112 by CAFC-Ariad vs. Eli Lilly caseFujiko Shibata
4. 3.3 Arbitration of Patent Disputes in the United StatesAnne Louise
   St. Martin

4.Activity reports of each working group & General Study Working Group

1. (1) Economic Evaluation of Intellectual Property Working Group (Osaka)Takao Yagi
2. (2) Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Syuichiro Kitamura

5.Monthly Seminar Reports

5.1 (Tokyo)

1. ・May 2011Yuki Ojima

1. “Shiseido's branding & brand management”
2. Speaker:Shigekazu SUGIYAMA

1. ・June 2011Tetsuro Toriumi

1. Analysis of the flow of precedents in the short to medium term at the Intellectual Property High Court
   -Focusing particularly on convergence in the direction of judgments regarding Inventive Step of the inventions and
   movement in the first and fifth requirements of the Doctrine of Equivalents-
2. Speaker:Tomokatsu TSUKAHARA

5.2 (Osaka)

1. ・March 2011Satoshi Ohtsuki

1. Practice of measures against infringing goods, which utilize the import suspension system
   - speedy measures against infringing goods at the border -
2. Speaker:Masahiro URA

1. ・April 2011Kazuo Kamisugi

1. I.P. Management at Takeda Pharmaceutical」
2. Speaker:Yoichi OKUMURA

1. ・May 2011Akira Ito

1. Recent IP-topics in China --Especially Court Decisions regarding
   "INFRINGEMENT OF TRADE & TECHNICAL SECRETS"--
2. Speaker:Yoshinori TANIGUCHI

1. ・June 2011Kazuo Inoue

1. About recent copyright ruling
   (Focusing on location free lawsuit (Maneki TV and Rokuraku Ⅱ) and private recording compensation money litigation, etc. )
2. Speaker:Hisamichi OKAMURA

6.New MembersSecretariat

7.New member’s Self introductionSecretariat

8.Member's plaza

1. 8.1 Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo Fujino
2. 8.2 Fireside Chat to Next Generation No.11Yugentei Sharakusei
3. 8.3 SENRYU (short humorous poem) as I like No.11Toshihiko Kanayama
4. 8.4 File: What is the merit which utilizes the United States Patent reexamination procedure for the purpose of defense for the company which makes the outside of the U.S. a base?J. Steven Baughman
5. 8.5 New book introductionTakao Yagi

9.Editor's notePublic Relations Committee