Vol,56 No,3 September, 2015

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

  1. Column 「My old Bluegrass home」Hiroyuki HIRAYAMA

1.Annual Meeting Report

  1. (1)Report of LES JAPAN 38th annual meeting (Sendai)Chikashi TAMURA
  2. (2)Annual Conference Program
  3. (3)Summary of the lectures
    Theme: "Look Forward" -Move Forward
  1. (I) Keynote SpeechChikashi TAMURA
  1. Title:International Maritime Trade and Environment
  2. Speaker:Mr. Yoshikazu KAWAGOE (Executive Officer and General Manager of Technology, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.)
  1. (II)Guest Speech(1)Chikashi TAMURA
  1. Title:Power of Tohoku will change Japan
  2. Speaker:Mr. Kuniaki FUKUI (Chief Executive Officer, Nippon Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
  1. (III) Guest Speech(2)Hiroyuki HIRAYAMA
  1. Title:Making of Greek Sculpture - Actual Condition of Ancient Workshop
  2. Speaker:Assoc.Prof. Kyoko HAGA (Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature Study, Graduate School of Tohoku University)
  1. (4)The Others
  1. (i) Excursion report (1), (2)Yosiko HIRONO
  2. (ii) Questionnaire Results SummaryChikashi TAMURA

2.Monographs

  1. (1)「A Survey on Economic Impact of Counterfeit Products」
  2. (2)「Supreme Court, Judgment June of 5, 2015(Minshu Vol. 69, No.4) and Future Prospects for Product-By-Process Claims」

3.Court Decision

  1. Review of a recent European Cout's Decision on FRAND Issues
    - Huawei Technologies v. ZTE Corp. et al
    Jinzo FUJINO
  2. (2)「Supreme Court, Judgment June of 5, 2015(Minshu Vol. 69, No.4) and Future Prospects for Product-By-Process Claims」

4.Activity reports of each working group & Study Group

  1. (1)US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
  2. (2)Competition Law Working GroupKentaro HIRAYAMA
  3. (3)Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupKazuhiro KOBAYASHI
  4. (4)Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupTatuya KAWAJIRI
  5. (5)Management for licensing business Working GroupTakashi AOKI
  6. (6)Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
  7. (7)General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Yoshikazu IWASE

5.Monthly Seminar Reports

(1)(Tokyo)
  1. ・May, 2015Yuji OOMAGARI
  1. Subject:Intellectual Property Due Diligence - Leading M&A to Success‐
  2. Speakers:Yoshihiko Fuchibe Esq., Partner, TMI Associates
    Kentaro Ito, Patent Attorney, Associate, TMI Associates
  1. ・June,2015Yukihito HADA
  1. Subject:Intellectual Property Strategy for Business Management
  2. Speakers:Masataka Kamiyanagi(Patent Attorney, Seiko Epson Corp. IP Adviser)
  1. ・July,2015Yuki OJIMA
  1. Subject:The key to a successful corporate licensing strategy and tactics with Coca-Cola licensing case studies.
  2. Speakers:Fumihiko Kusama, Professor, Department of Intellectual Property, Graduate Science of Innovation Studies, Tokyo University of Science
    Misako Kiyota, Global Licensing Manager, Coca-Cola Japan Company, Limited
(2)(Osaka)
  1. ・February,2015Hiroshi TANAKA
  1. Subject:"License Negotiation Strategy against U.S. High Tech Companies: Learning U.S. - Companies License Tactics through U.S. Lawyer residing in Silicon Valley -"
  2. Speakers:Takanori ABE, Attorney at Law (Japan and New York), Patent Attorney (Japan), Guest Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
    David KENNEDY, Attorney at Law (California), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  1. ・May,2015Chihoko SUGISHITA
  1. Subject:Major Legal Issues in Cross-border Joint Research Agreements - For joint research partnerships with US companies, universities and public research institutions -
  2. Speakers:Naoki Yoshida, Attorney at law, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
  1. ・June,2015Hitoshi KATURA
  1. Subject:Issues and Cases of the Accounting and Tax Affairs with IP Transaction and License
  2. Speakers:Kazunori Matsumoto, Certified Public Accountants, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC
    Makoto Kobayashi, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC

6.New MembersSecretariat

7.New member’s Self introductionSecretariat

8. Member's plaza

  1. (1)Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo FUJINO
  2. (2)SENRYU (short humorous poem) as I like No.26Toshihiko KANAYAMA
  3. (3)Munich Stay Life Miscellany No.9Yuko MATSUYA
  4. (4)American life essays(13)Suzue FUJIMORI
  5. (5)Legal Column (10)Kizo SHIMOKAWA
  6. (6)Journey of my hiking and Village walk-in the great outdoorsKanji KUDO
  7. (7)New book introductionTakao YAGI

9.Editor's notePublic Relations Committee

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