On June 11, President Sonja London officially appointed chairs and vice chairs for the 2024-2025 LESI Committees. LESI maintains 19 member committees and another 12 management and staff lead committees.
Any LES member globally can join an LESI member committee addressing both substantive topics and practice areas. They often serve as a both more targeted network as well as a resource for relevant LES members in local societies.
To learn more about the LESI committees or to join a committee, see here.
Industry Committees (4)
The Environment, Energy, Materials, and Chemicals Committee serves as a focal point for the members of the oil, petrochemical, chemical, polymers, renewable energy, and associated industries by, inter alia, promoting networking among its members and sponsoring educational activities such as workshops, lectures, and seminars.
This committee includes professionals working for companies, research institutions, service providers, and organizations associated with advanced new technologies in the physical sciences including consumer electronics, software, information technology, digital content, telecommunications, nanotechnology, semiconductors, mobile devices, transportation, aerospace, automotive and other electrical and mechanical systems. (The committee was formed from a merger the previous “Electronics, Information Technology and Telecommunications Committee” and the “Engineering, Transportation and Physical Sciences Committee”)
The Technology Transfer Committee (TTC) is an LESI Professional Committee that serves as the focal point for experts involved in relations and transactions related to the commercialization of scientific ideas and invention.
Technology transfer (TT) plays a key role in realizing the potential impact of scientific ideas and results. It typically refers to the commercialization of scientific or technological inventions via licensing or sale of intellectual property, but it also covers research collaborations and creation of new companies and startups that aim to commercialize a scientific invention or a novel technology. The field requires specific expertise and seamless cooperation between several different types of actors ranging from companies to universities, research organizations, and government agencies.(updated in 2023).
The Life Sciences Committee provides LESI and its constituent Member Societies with information and content in the Life Sciences field for educational, networking and promotion of the profession, and to encourage open dialogue among life sciences professionals.
Practice Areas (5)
The committee will identify issues, factors and methodologies used in giving value to IP portfolios or license deals. The goal would be to publish a practical overview of the valuation process with comments and recommendations as to approaches to such valuation.
The mission of the Trademarks, Designs, and Merchandising Committee is to provide LES members with a focal point for the study, reflection and discussion of issues relevant to trademarks, characters, designs and merchandising, as well as a platform for participating in and promoting LESI’s activities, and in particular its educational activities, relating to trademarks, characters, designs and merchandising and the licensing thereof.
Education & Professional Development (3)
Regional Committees
Keeps abreast of the developments and the anticipated future developments of the intellectual property laws, antitrust laws, cases, regulations and other matters, of the countries party to the Pan-American treaty.
The Asia Pacific Committee seeks to promote and enhance cooperation and collaboration among the LESI societies in one of the most dynamic regions of the world today by sharing information, resources, and experiences, through regional activities, joint society activities, networking and creating more opportunities to build valuable relationships.
Cross-Cutting Committees (4)
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Vice-Chair
The SDG-IP Index Committee is a horizontal and transversal organization within the structure of LESI Committees focused on creating and maintaining an IP Index for innovative companies employing Sustainable Business Development (SDG) goals. It is responsible for defining a worldwide recognized framework to identify, recognize and help improve companies’ best practices to align their IP management strategy and outcomes to their Sustainable Development Goals.
The HTB Committee (formerly HGE Task Force), through programs and case studies, highlight intellectual assets as a key value driver for business decision makers as well as IP professionals in SMEs. The committee coordinates with EPO Patent Academy’s HTB initiative (see the HTB community on LinkedIn which provides links to the various program and related information shared to date.)
