Trends And Opportunities In Semiconductor Licensing
Stefan TammeRambus Inc. Stephen SchottSchott Law Office Dogan GunesSkyworks Solutions, Inc. Jeffrey WallaceUniversity of Illinois Richard BoadwayRiver Ventures Inc Frank RazaviPurdue Research Foundation Marc PépinGlobal Intellectual Strategies The following article examines the impact of current business, technology, and international trends in the semiconductor industry, and anticipates future challenges and opportunities for intellectual property licensing in […]
Assessing High Tech: Observations And Patterns
Annemarie Meike2012-2013 LES (USA & Canada) High Tech Sector Chair; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The modern business world operates on the widely held notion that by identifying and predicting patterns in the market one can increase one’s ability to surf the waves of market success. Hence the LES USA & Canada High Tech Sector (HTS) […]
How to Help Typhoon Haiyan Survivors
LES International encourages voluntary donations by individual LES members to the Philippines Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan has affected almost 9.5 million people across the Philippines. LES International encourages voluntary donations by individual LES members to the Philippines Red Cross www.redcross.org.ph/donate. The Philippines Red Cross is recommended by LES Philippines and a donation has been made by […]
Phases Of Growth In University Technology Transfer
Tom HockadayIsis Innovation Ltd. This paper describes phases that university technology transfer activities have passed through up to the present day, and suggests possible future developments. One of the conclusions is that some technology transfer offices may close, but only in universities that do not appreciate the non-commercial benefits that come from pursuing the commercial […]
Read LESI President Kevin Nachtrab’s latest Message
Read his final message to the LES Membership as President. Acknowledging The Year, Looking To The Future By Kevin Nachtrab, President, LES International This marks my final message to the LES Membership as President. It has been a fine year, one filled with much work and travel but also one that has been marked with […]
Message from Yvonne Chua, LESI President
I am truly honoured to be trusted with the opportunity to serve you as President of LES International for the society year 2013-14, particularly as the first Chinese and second female in the 40 year history of LESI, to hold such a position. With the changing geo-economic landscape, there has been a rapidly growing interest […]
LESI Education Committee Request for Information
The LESI Education Committee has issued two RFIs to meet the needs of the LESI Academy.
An Overview Of The Draft Rules Of Procedure For The Unified Patent Court
Dr. Klaus GrabinskiFederal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) Following the adoption of the two Regulations on the EU patent and on related translation arrangements on 17th December 2012 and the signing of the Unified Patent Court Agreement on 19th February 2013, factual and other legal grounds must now be prepared in order to enable the Unified […]
Patent Licensing And Document Destruction: Recent Case Law Regarding Spoliation
Blaine M. HackmanFrommer Lawrence & Haug LLP Spoliation refers to the destruction or material alteration of evidence, or a party’s failure to preserve evidence related to a reasonably foreseeable litigation. Recent high-profile patent cases have been affected by alleged spoliation, including Hynix v. Rambus, Micron v. Rambus, and Samsung v. Apple. Spoliation sanctions can be severe […]
Trends In The Interplay Of IPR And Standards, FRAND Commitments And SEP Litigation
Knut BlindTU Berlin, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Rotterdam School of Management Tim PohlmannIPlytics GmbH, TU Berlin and Cerna Mines ParisTech, IP Manager An uprising issue that became very relevant in the last decades is the role of patents that are essential to a technology standard. Whereas patents are intended to allow its owner to exclude others from […]
