1. LESI Delegates Meeting
San Diego
20-21 October 2011
Vice President Report by Yvonne Chua
Asia Pacific Societies
Committees
- Asia Pacific
- Trademark, Design & Merchandising
- Standard Licensing Contracts

3. LES Asia Pacific Societies
ANZ, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Singapore are represented in this Meeting.
All AP Societies have submitted society report and fact sheet 3

4. Special highlights
LES ANZ – media exposure achieved; regularly being quoted and sought for comment on IP topics in the general media.
The Australian (a national newspaper) on 1 Oct regarding proposed legislative changes to the Patents Act “Not surprisingly, Carr's bill is backed by industry, including umbrella group the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand.”
Releases are all linked on LESANZ’s website 

5. Special highlights LES Korea
“Presidential Council on IP” – presidential advisory body established by Korea government in July, chaired by Prime Minister – to develop national strategy on IP – Kyeong–Ran Lee (VP) and a LESK member appointed as non-governmental committee members; President Jeong-Joong KIM and secretary-general Won-Hee CHO appointed ad hoc committee members.
Licensing Clinic – monthly breakfast meeting starting on 23 Nov 2011 – to counsel and provide hands-on solution to corporate people working on IP area. Survey conducted on issues to consider and relevant experienced professionals selected to attend.
Four CLPs grandfathered.

6. Visits to Thailand and Indonesia by LES Japan
Translations of Les Nouvelles
- 2nd edition of Korean version
- LES Japan - International committee working on Japanese translation plus comments
Student Business Plan Competition in Asia Pacific -- initiated by LES Japan
Visits to Thailand and Indonesia by LES Japan

7. Special highlights Topics of interest :-
IP valuation - Forum by LES Philippines - 11 July
Technology transfer – 4th Annual Pharmaceutical Law conference, Sept, presentation by LES Singapore VP Suresh Sachi and Exco member Chew Yu Sarn
IP financing – workshop on “New IP Financing Model for Asia” at AP Regional Conference in Singapore, Nov

8. Topics of interest
Medical/ healthcare related
LES Chinese Taipei - International Licensing Workshop: An Introduction: Medical Device Practice, Medical Method and Patent Eligibility - 4 Aug
LES Philippines’ participation in the 5th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Week, Aug
LES India – 6-8 Jul - 3 day conference on "Intellectual Property Rights – The Confluence of Technology, Business & Law" with special focus on Healthcare and Sustainable Technologies at Bangalore.
Note: structured like academic conference - submissions invited from professionals. First time such format adopted for IP conference in India.

9. Collaboration with other organizations
LES Japan – 5 Sept, Joint Meeting with American Intellectual
Property Law Association (AIPLA), Tokyo 9

10. LES Philippines – Sept, Franchise Asia 2011, partnering with Philippines Franchise Association (PFA);
11 Jul “Forum on IP Valuation” partnering with the IPO of the Philippines and the Department of Science and Technology 10

11. LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference – Supporting organizations: IP Academy Singapore, WIPO and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – 9 to 11 Nov Singapore
LES China – co-sponsor Intellectual Property Conference of Chinese and Foreign Enterprises, June, Beijing, organized by Copyright Society of China, China Intellectual Property Society, Patent Protection Association of China, China Trademark Association, AIPPI China, China Electronic Chamber of Commerce , Chinese Association of Productivity Science, CAEFI Quality Brands Protection Committee 11

12. Collaboration with other organizations
LESC-Hong Kong – Supporting organization to :-
Business of IP Asia Forum 2011 – 2 Dec, organized by HKTDC, Hong Kong Design Centre with support from IP Department of HKSAR
“Knowledge Exchange Conference: Knowledge Transforming Society” Conference 5-6 Dec organized by major universities in Hong Kong 12

13. Licensing Course/ IAM/ Arbitration Courses in Asia Pacific
LES Hong Kong - 19 Sept – IAM Course by Hayley French and John Walker (80 registrants), jointly organized by HKTDC, Hong Kong Design Centre, Transpacific IP  13

14. Licensing Course/ IAM/ Arbitration Courses in Asia Pacific
LES Malaysia – 21 Sept – IAM 100 course by John and Haley with 34 participants
(mostly non-members) 14

15. Licensing Course/ IAM/ Arbitration Courses in Asia Pacific
LES ANZ – 2 & 9 Sept IAM 101 Fundamentals of Intellectual Asset Management
LES Japan – Monthly Lecture Meeting, 20 Jun & 23 Aug (Tokyo); 6 Jun (Osaka) / Licensing Elementary Course, 24 Jun (Tokyo); 22 Jun (Osaka), 13 Sept (Tokyo); 29 Sep (Osaka)
LES Singapore – 16 Sept – Certification course jointly organized with Chartered Institute of Arbitration on “Introduction to International Arbitration” (40 participants). 15

16. Licensing Course/ IAM/ Arbitration Courses in Asia Pacific
LES Chinese Taipei – 14 June, International Licensing Workshop: Harmonizing Patent Infringement Damages: A Lesson from Japanese Experiences (80 attendees); 16

17. Licensing / Franchise Fairs
LES Philippines – Sept, “Franchise Asia 2011”, an international event that includes a franchise conference and franchise expo (over 150 participants visited the booth)
LES Hong Kong – supporting organization to the HK International Licensing Show 2012 and the 8th Premier Asian Licensing Awards, 9-11 Jan 2012
Licensing / Franchise Fairs 17

18. AGM
LES China – 2011 Annual Meeting in Yunnan Province, 7 – 11 Sept, seven speakers from The Supreme Court, Ministry of Commerce, State Intellectual Property Bureau, Haier Corporation, SAIC Motor group, ZTE Corporation and CCPIT. 18

19. AGM
LES Japan – 8 & 9 Jul – Annual Conference, Toyama, with special attendance of Alan Lewis and 175 attendees
LES Philippines – 26 June – young board members elected, with senior members as counsel. 19

20. Visits by President Alan Lewis
Malaysia – 8 July “Dirty Negotiation Tricks”
Japan – 8 & 9 Jul – Annual Conference, Toyama, with special attendance of Alan Lewis and 175 attendees
Philippines – 11 July, “Forum on IP Valuation” 20

21. Membership
No significant change in membership size in most AP societies
Increase in Singapore (+25% from June 2011; from 52 to 65); Japan (+6 members from previous year; from 645 to 651); Philippines (+ 10 from previous year; from 86 to 96 but 10 members who failed to pay consistently the dues are delisted); Hong Kong (+2 from June) . 21

22. LESI Involvement
Special support of LESI to Asia Pacific events – Alan Lewis, Hayley French, John Walker, Jim Malackowski , Russell Levine and Art Nutter
Members of LES ANZ, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Singapore are actively involved in LESI Committees 22

23. Collaboration amongst AP Societies/ Asia Pacific Committee – Asia Pacific Regional Conference
LES AP Regional Conference ( Nov 2011, Singapore) and the pre-conference licensing workshop (9 Nov) with WIPO and IP Academy as main supporting organizations. Speakers from US, Philippines, Japan, China and Singapore.
LES China, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei (3rd Joint Meeting) – fall 2012
2012 Regional AP Conference – Japan
2013 Regional AP Conference – China 23

24. Trademark, Design & Merchandising Committee
Martin Schneider, Chair (workshop / LESI TM database)
Elisabeth Logeais: function of Past chair, LESI TM database
Corrine Sukiennik, Vice chair, Workshops
Johan du Preez, Vice chair, Webmaster
Alaistair Neill, Vice chair, Surveys, Workshops,
Gökçe Yilmaz, Vice chair, Les Nouvelles (replaces Gumicio) 24

25. Trademark, Design & Merchandising Committee
Workshop at San Diego conference on “How to Successfully Brand License in Emerging Markets” with the following speakers:-
Pete Canalichio, formerly Coca Cola
Johanna Sullivan from Kimbery-Clark;
Kenneth Godsey from AT&T
Moderator: Corrine Sukienik
Continuing its work to create a global TM related database with country case law in regard to licensing, risk of confusion and distinctiveness cases 25

26. Standard Licensing Contracts Ad Hoc Committee
37 members continuing its Workplan for its initial 3-year mandate, one working group for each of the 5 types of IP agreements.
group on LinkedIn and a subgroup for each Working Group.
Chair Lynda Covello conducts committee meeting by tele-conferencing

27. My sincere THANKS to all AP Societies and the chairs of the 3 Committees!
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