New LESI Mission and Vision Statement Adopted in Madrid, Spain
Statement reflects the organization’s
ambitious goal to be the “go-to” global community for professionals
commercializing intellectual across industries.
Les Nouvelles LIVE! highlights authors from the June 2024 edition
On June 30, LESI Editor David Drews and Executive Director Dana Colarulli hosted the latest in a series of les Nouvelles LIVE! sessions highlighting articles in the June 2024 edition.
Visibility is Key – LESI IS MORE
Sonja London’s message for the year.
Unraveling The Conundrums Of Running Royalties In Cross-Border Patent License Agreements
By Mizuki Hashiguchi Adjacent to the glorious and delicate stained glass of Sainte-Chapelle stands the magnificent “Palace of Justice,” currently housing the Court of Appeal of Paris.1 The court encountered an enigma involving patent royalties and European competition law. A license agreement licensed three patents. One patent was subsequently revoked. The other two patents were […]
Kamakura: A Story Of People And Treasures
By Jinzo Fujino * The LES Japan has scheduled a day-trip to Kamakura as a post-conference tour of the 2019 LES International Conference in Yokohama. (See http://www.lesi.yokohama/tour/). Kamakura is an ancient city filled with old temples and shrines. You might be interested in joining the tour to enjoy the scenery and atmosphere of the city. […]
Cosmed – At The Cutting Edge Of Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics
By Massimiliano Granieri Founded in 1980, Cosmed has become a leader in the fields of industrial design, the development and manufacture of diagnostic equipment, and scientific research in the med-tech industry. With a business model based on direct and network sales, it has established subsidiaries in Germany, France, Switzerland, the U.S., China, and Australia, and […]
Webdyn – Integrating ICT Creates Solutions For The Internet Of Things
By Pierre Ollivier Webdyn is a EUR 4 million revenue company which was created and funded by early investors in 1997, with additional financing by venture capitalists in 2010. Located in Paris and with an export office in India, it currently has 30 employees. Its core business is to help industrial clients—mainly in the smart […]
Fractus – Snowflake Pattern Precipitates New Application For Antennae
By Philippe Simon Factus was co-founded in 1999 by Rubén Bonet, its president and CEO, and Carles Puente Baliarda. It originally positioned itself as a products and services company, developing customised antennae for leading smartphone manufacturers (Samsung, LG, Siemens) and network operators (Telefonica). The firm was in consolidation phases until 2002. During this time it […]
Ekspla – Leveraging IP: From Research Tools To Industry Applications
By Christian Hackl EKSPLA, a Lithuanian SME set up in 1992, started off supplying customised high-performance laser systems to scientific laboratories. It later extended its product range to standardised laser systems for industrial applications. The move to producing standardised lasers made IP more important. EKSPLA now owns twelve patent families. In addition, some of its […]
Orcan Energy – Recycling Waste Heat To Cool Down The Planet
By Christian Hackl Orcan Energy is a renewable energy company founded in 2008 by three researchers—Richard Aumann, Andreas Sichert and Andreas Schuster—as a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Today the company has 65 employees (2013: 35). Despite its international business reach, the company is still based in Munich, where it is firmly […]
