Vol.58 No.1 March, 2017

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

A table of contents

  1. Column 「What I have received from LES」Katsumi HARASHIMA

1.The chairman's greetingJunko SUGIMURA

2.The action policy of each committee in 2017

  1. (1)LES Japan 2018 Annual Meeting CommitteeTsuyoshi DAI
  2. (2)Monthly Seminar Committee (Tokyo)Shinichi MURATA
  3. (3)Monthly Seminar Committee (Osaka)Hitoshi KATSURA
  4. (4)Information CommitteeMitsuo KARIYA
  5. (5)Public Relations CommitteeTakako MAEHARA
  6. (6)Web Site CommitteeTadashi NODA
  7. (7)Education CommitteeShigehiro ASANO
  8. (8)Arrangement Committee YOKOHAMA Meeting in 2019Junko SUGIMURA

3.Action policy of each working group & General Study Working Group in 2018

  1. (1)Competition Law Working GroupKentaro HIRAYAMA
  2. (2)US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu 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)Akira KOMIYAMA
  6. (6)Trade Secret Working GroupShinichi AOI
  7. (7)Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupKazuhiro KOBAYASHI
  8. (8)Healthcare Working GroupArata TABATA
  9. (9)ICT Business Working GroupTomoko NOGUCHI
  10. (10)Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working GroupMika OKADA
  11. (11)Branding Working GroupChikako HASHIMOTO
  12. (12)Student Business Plan Competition Working GroupShingo TUDA
  13. (13)General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Miki GOTO

4.The report of the ordinary general meeting (45th) in 2017Secretariat

5.Ordinary general meeting & Social Gathering in 2017Secretariat

6.Monographs

  1. (1)Procedures of Patent Infringement Suits in US―Mandatory DisclosuresMr. York M. FAULKNER, Ms. Aya SUZUKI
  2. (2)“Big Time” Patent Reform with President Trump?Mr. Lionel M. Lavenue, Mr. Michael Liu Su, Mr. R. Benjamin Cassady
  3. (3)Regulatory Overview Applicable to Pharmaceutical Product AdvertisementsMr. Kenji UTSUMI, Ms. Maiko SHIMODA
  4. (4)The university of New Mexico’s Technology Transfer Program and stave up activitiesMs. Eri HOSHI
  5. (5)IP protection and licensing of new drugs in China – new drugs and genericsKeiji KAWAMOTO

7.Recent U.S. Supreme Court's Decision

  1. Case Review: Apple v. Samsung, U.S. Sup., Ct., decided Dec. 6, 2016Jinzo FUJINO

8.Activity reports of each working group & General Study Working Group in 2016

  1. (1)US Issues Working GroupYorikatsu HOHOKABE
  2. (2)Asian Issues Studies Working GroupMotohiro UNO
  3. (3)Case Law Studies Working Group (Tokyo)Tadayuki KIKUMA
  4. (4)Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka)Hiroyoshi KITAHARA
  5. (5)Trade Secret Working GroupNobuhiro ATOBE
  6. (6)Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working GroupKazuhiro KOBAYASHI
  7. (7)Healthcare Working GroupArata TABATA
  8. (8)ICT Business Working GroupTomoko NOGUCHI
  9. (9)Academia and Industry R&D Collaboration Management Working Group
  10. (10)Branding Working GroupChikako HASHIMOTO
  11. (11)Student Business Plan Competition Working GroupTsuyoshi DAI
  12. (12)General Study Working Group (Tokyo)Yoshikazu IWASE

9.Monthly Seminar Reports

(1)(Tokyo)
  1. ・November 2016Takeshi KANDA
  1. Subject:Encouragement of Strategic Technology License Diplomacy - "Open/Closed Stratification" learned from Pokémon GO etc.
  2. Speakers:Mr. Yoshiaki YAHAGI, Professor, Graduate School of Intellectual Property Osaka Institute of Technology
  1. ・December 2016Hiroyuki KOGURE
  1. Subject:Innovation by design thinking ‐Practice in social innovation project of Hitachi‐
  2. Speakers:Mr. Tsukasa ARIYOSHI, Corporate Chief Designer & Design Thinking Lab Manager, R&D Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Ms. Kaori KASHIMURA, General Manager, Global Center for Social Innovation - Tokyo, R&D Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
  1. ・January 2017Yukihito HADA
  1. Subject:Current Status of U.S. Patent Protection: Countermeasures Against Patent Trolls and Their Impact on Patent Rights
  2. Speakers:Taro ISSHIKI, Esq., Attorney at Law, Admitted in California & Washington, DC, Isshiki International Law Office
(2)(Osaka)
  1. ・November 2016Shigehiro ASANO
  1. Subject:Intellectual Property Strategy for restoring international competitiveness of Japanese companies
  2. Speakers:Mr. Takashi TSURUMI, President, Strategic Data Base Research Institute
  1. ・December 2016Miyuki FUJIWARA
  1. Subject:Managing the Extended Enterprise - Managing license contract risks with business partners
  2. Speakers:(1) Mr. Jimmy WU, Partner, Deloitte Taiwan
    (2) Mr. Koji KONDO, Senior Manager, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
    (3) Mr. Nathan Quinn, Manager, Deloitte US
    (4) Mr. Kenichi KUNIMATSU, Senior Vice President, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
  1. ・January 2017Tomomi FUJITA
  1. Subject:License Agreements and the Antitrust Law -Recent Amendments of License Guidelines in the U.S. and Japan-
  2. Speakers:Mr. Shigetoshi HIRANO, Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

10.New MembersSecretariat

11.New member’s Self introductionSecretariat

12.Member's plaza

  1. (1)Essay on self-written Chinese poemJinzo Fujino
  2. (2)SENRYU (short humorous poem) as I like No.32Toshihiko KANAYAMA
  3. (3)American life essays No.19Suzue FUJIMORI
  4. (4)Legal Column No.16Kizo SHIMOKAWA
  5. (5)Journey of my hiking and Village walk-in the great outdoorsKanji KUDO
  6. (6)Too Good To GoShinji OKAYAMA
  7. (7)New book introductionTakao YAGI

13.Editor's notePublic Relations Committee

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