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Advancing The Business of Intellectual Property Globally

LESI is a professional society for people interested in the licensing of technology and intellectual property.

2025
November 7
LES International, LES Spain & Portugal
Young Members Congress Committee
LESI YMC 2025 Pan-European Conference
Lisbon, Portugal
2025
November 20-21
LES International, LES Thailand
LESI YMC 2025 Asia Pacific Conference
Bangkok, Thailand
2026
April 26-29
LES International
LESI 2026 Annual Conference - INNOVATION TO IMPACT: IP as an International Growth Engine
Dublin, Ireland

The LESI Difference

A society with a complex focus on the legal aspects, and ideal business utilsation of the entire lifecycle of IP.

From the birth of innovative ideas through R&D, protecting licensing, valuation, transferring, monetizing IP and enforcing them.

All addressed by a diverse community of legal, industry and academic IP professionals connected on a national, regional and global levels of LESI.

2025
November 7
LESI YMC 2025 Pan-European Conference
Lisbon, Portugal
On November 7, Lisbon becomes the stage for the next wave of changemakers — the young minds redefining how knowledge, innovation, and technology move ...
LES International, LES Spain & Portugal
2025
November 7
Critical Technologies and Intellectual Property: From the Laborat...
Mexico City, Mexico
Join LES Mexico and the Mexican Network of Technology Transfer Offices (Red Ott México) on 7 November! This conference aims to create a space for anal...
2025
November 9
2025 Annual Conference: Innovation, Sustainability & Licensin...
Stellenbosch, South Africa
The Licensing Executives Society South Africa (LES SA) invites you to an inspiring two-day international conference in the heart of the Cape Winelands...
2025
November 11
Damages in Trade Secret Litigation
Houston, TX, USA
Join Brent Bersin (Senior Managing Director, Forensic & Litigation Consulting) and Rebekah Bezerra (Senior Director, Forensic & Litigation Cou...
2025
November 12
LESI Thought Leadership Program 2025/26 - Track 1 (SEPs): Session...
Virtual
Year Four: Landscape of SEPS – State of the Affairs (Let's Look at the Data, again) We kick off this year of SEP Thought Leadership by looking again a...
LES International
2025
November 12
Swiss Technology Transaction & Licensing Summit
Bern, Switzerland
The event is jointly organised by LES Switzerland and the Swiss Technology Transfer Association (swiTT). This half-day event brings together key play...
LES Switzerland
2025
November 12
The Role of the Investigator in Acquiring, Securing, Licensing an...
Manchester, UK
Gavin Hyde-Blake from Eccora will discuss the role of the investigator in acquiring, securing, licensing and protecting intellectual property. Includi...
LES Britain & Ireland
2025
November 12
Foundations in IP Valuation Course
Ottawa, ON, Canada
This course will present an overview of IP valuation for non-valuation professionals. The course covers at a high level the premises and definitions o...
2025
November 12
Royalty Compliance in the Age of AI-Audits, Disputes, and the Con...
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Royalty audits are no longer just about combing through spreadsheets and quarterly reports—they now span complex vendor relationships, platform data, ...
2025
November 12
Open Source, AI and IP Risk: License Compliance Strategies for Hi...
Virtual
As high-tech manufacturers accelerate software-driven innovation—from automotive systems to smart appliances—the reliance on open-source software and ...
2025
November 13
8th Edition of The Annual SEPs and FRAND Conference
Online / Paris, France
LES France are delighted to invite you to the 8th edition of the Paris conference on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and FRAND co-organized with APE...
2025
November 13
LICENSING 203: Due Diligence Course
Virtual
Three Part Series - Nov. 13, Nov. 18, Nov. 20, 2025 November 13 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EASTERN November 18 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EASTERN November 20 - 1...
LESI President Announces Committee Leadership for the Year

A professional learning series, providing a “deep dive” on three topical tracks.

TRACK 1

SEPs

Standard Essential Patents

TRACK 2

MEDTECH

TRACK 3

MANAGING DATA

In IP Based Technology and Licensing

Our pilot program designed primarily for organizations with a large number of employees located in in multiple global locations.

A simple plan for an IP Owner to enroll their employees around the world — in multiple LES societies — for a single price.

Now, LES is offering a pilot global membership program to IP Owner organizations* to provide the benefits of LES membership to their employees around the world for one annual fee.

The journal is published quarterly and is designed to further the knowledge of the societies members and others in improving their skills, techniques and knowledge in licensing and protecting Intellectual Property.

Each issue of the Global News includes society news, details of upcoming events, information on committee activities, and calls to action.

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