The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) is an association of 32 national and regional societies, each composed of men and women who have an interest in the transfer of technology, or licensing of intellectual property rights - from technical know how and patented inventions to software, copyright and trademarks.
New Updates from LESI
The following updates have recently been published by LESI:
 The European Committee have been busy corresponding with the European Commission and European Patent Office on a number of matters including horizontal co-operation agreements, pharmaceutical sector competition and computer-implemented investions - more details can be read at the European Committee reports section
LES International and the LES USA and Canada Foundation jointly sponsored the 2009 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition ( winner pic), which encourages participation from all LES member societies - read more
LESI Philippines 2009 registration: The deadline to avail of the regular registration rate of US$1,400.00 (for LES members) 2009 Licensing Executives Society International Annual Conference has been EXTENDED to 15 MAY 2009. Register on or before 15 May 2009 and save as much as US$200.
To take advantage of the special LESI rates at the Makati Shangri-La, please book your reservation by 15 May 2009. After this date, the LESI room blocks will be released and rooms may be available at higher rates. To avail of the preferential LESI conference rates, the Makati Shangri-La website must be accessed through the LESI 2009 website.
LESI Philippines 2009 - social events: Participate in the various social events organized around the forthcoming LESI meeting in Manila, including the one-of-a-kind Manila Music Tour or a round of golf - more details
Preparing for the Manila Conference, Some Exciting Initiatives and More! This report is being written following the LES International Board’s teleconference on the 14th/15th April 2009. The time extremities of our monthly teleconference currently mean that the European Board members start at 11.00pm and some of the Asia Pacific members start at 5.00am. A truly dedicated bunch! - read now
For a full listing of recent LESI updates, visit the LESI updates section.
We are changing this to a monthly feature to allow more time for articles to be available for reading, commenting and questioning. The Article of the Month column will be a regular feature of our web site. The purpose is to recognize the contributions of the authors to our scholarly journal, les Nouvelles and to have a dialogue with them regarding the content of their article. We will feature a new article each month.
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 Out-licensing is a mainstay of life science business development and financing strategies because it can be deployed to achieve a variety of goals. Companies frequently use licensing in order to access resources (financial and non-financial) that are unavailable or insufficient within their own organizations. more
John R. Leone, Paul Capital Partners, Partner, New York, NY
Louis P. Berneman, CLP, Texelerate, President, Philadelphia, PA
| Forthcoming LESI Events:
2009 LES USA & Canada Annual Meeting
October 18, 2009
( San Francisco, California, USA ) - LES USA & Canada
Embrace the Education & Diversity is the theme of the conference.
LES International Annual Conference 2010
April 11, 2010
( Sandton, South Africa ) - LESI
The annual meeting of LESI in 2010.
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