LES JAPAN NEWS

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

Remembrance of Mr. Toshio Fujimoto, a former-President of LES Japan

1. (i)「Memories of Mr. Toshio Fujimoto」Kazunori YAMAGAMI
2. (ii)「In memory of Mr. Fujimoto 」Toshiyuki MARUYAMA
3. (iii)「Memorial piece to Fujimoto-san」Satoshi Kinoshita
4. (iv)「Remembrance of Mr. Toshio Fujimoto, the 6th President of LES Japan」Ryoichi Ito

1. Column Title: "A Quiet Man of Virtue" is still true ?Yuji OHMAGARI

1.LES 2013　International Management and Delegates Meeting Report

1. (1)2013 Philadelphia IMDM ReportKatsumi HARASHIMA
2. (2)International Management and Delegates Meeting （IMDM）ReportIthirou NAKATOMI
3. (3)Committee Report
   1. (i) Asia Pacific　committeeJunko SUGIMURA
   2. (ii) Meeting CommitteeJunko SUGIMURA
   3. (iii) Investment CommitteeYorikatsu HOHOKABE
   4. (iv) Membership CommitteeJunko SUGIMURA
   5. (v) LESI Award CommitteeIchiro NAKATOMI
   6. (vi) High Tech　CommitteeMakoto OGINO

2.Monographs

1. (1)Cases Lighting Up Terms of Patent Protection Which Covers Medicinal Products Not Characterized in an Active IngredientAkiko Yoshioka
2. (2)「Consideration of Contribution Ratio under Article 102 (2) of Patent Act-Trend of Recent Cases and Practical Attention Points -」Iichiro YAMADA
3. (3) Gene-related patents as a strategic business tool - impact of recent US Supreme Court decisionsKenichi Osawa

3.Activity reports of each working group & Study Group

1. (1)Economic Evaluation of Intellectual Property Working Group (Osaka)Takao YAGI
2. (2)Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupMasahiko KATO
3. (3)US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
4. (4)Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
5. (5)Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Hisashi WATANABE
6. (6)Competition law Working GroupKentaro HIRAYAMA
7. (7)Management for licensing business Working GroupTakashi AOKI

11. Monthly Seminar Reports

(1) (Tokyo)

1. ・August,2013Shinichi Murata

1. Subject:「Trend of Amendment of Civil Code and the Effects on Practice of License Agreements」
2. Speaker:Mr. Shunji Matsuda (Attorney at Law, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)

1. ・September,2013Yuki OJIMA

1. Subject:「"Practices & Headache of Intellectual Property Department of Pharma Company - cf. Practices of TakedaPharmaceutical Company, Ltd."」
2. Speaker:Mr.Yoichi Okumura ( General manager, Intellectual Property Department)

(2) (Osaka)

1. ・September 2013Shigeru KAWATA

1. Subject:「Intellectual Property Management for a Corporation」
2. Speaker:Mr.Kazuo TANAMI Dean and Professor Graduate School of Intellectual Property

1. ・October 2013Kazuo INOUE

1. Subject:Legal business of global companies：Case Studies ~ Panasonic, UNIQLO, USJ ~
2. Speaker:Ms. Shoko KATAOKA, Attorney at law, General Manager, USJ Co., Ltd.

5.New MembersSecretariat

6.New member’s Self introductionSecretariat

7. Member's plaza

1. (1)Essay on self-written Chinese poem :Morioka・EwatesanJinzo FUJINO
2. (2)SENRYU (short humorous poem) as I like No.20Toshihiko KANAYAMA
3. (3)Munich Stay Life Miscellany No.4Yuko MATSUYA
4. (4)American life essays No.6Suzue FUJIMORI
5. (5)Legal Column (3)Kizou SHIMOKAWA
6. (6)"How does JPA spend Christmas season in Denmark?"Shinji OKAYAMA
7. ・New book introductionTakao YAGI
   1. (1)「Practical Guide to the Act on Special Measures for Consumption Tax Shifting」
   2. (2)「"The America Invents Act, a practical guide by US and Japanese lawyers and patent attorneys"」

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