16 Jul 2015

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Award to be presented during Society's Annual Meeting, Oct. 25-28 in New York WASHINGTON, July 15, 2015 – Lawrence J. Udell, renowned technology inventor, lecturer and creator of more than 40 new ventures, has been named the 2015 Frank Barnes Mentor Award recipient by the Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc. The award will be presented during the Society's upcoming Annual Meeting, October 25-28 in New York, NY www.lesannual.org. The Frank Barnes Mentor Award was established in 2000 to memorialize Frank Barnes' extraordinary contributions to the field of licensing through mentorship. In his honor, the award is given annually to an...

28 May 2015

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Additional winners include student teams from University of Houston and Washington State University SAN DIEGO, June 1, 2015 – Among competitors from Europe, Asia, India and Africa, entrepreneurs from University of Waterloo (Canada) distinguished themselves by capturing the $5,000 LES International Global Award at the Grand Final Round of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Foundation 2015 International Graduate Student Business Plan Competition for their company, Maieutic. These entrepreneurs presented their global business plan for PinPress, a self-adjusting, programmable surface that seeks to reduce manufacturing downtime by allowing manufacturers to change what they are producing with the press of a button. The Foundation’s...

22 Apr 2015

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April 22, 2015 - Washington, D.C. The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) is pleased to announce its 2015-16 Board of Directors. Incoming Board President Jim Sobieraj is also President of the Brinks Gilson & Lione law firm. He explains, “It is an honor to serve as the President of the largest professional organization that focuses on the business aspects of intellectual property on a global scale. LES has more than 9,000 members in 65 countries. During the upcoming year, we will be enhancing the core value proposition that has served us as IP and licensing professionals for more than forty years.” The...

01 Apr 2015

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Winners, including the first-ever Member’s Choice Award recipient, will be announced during the LES (USA & Canada) Spring Meeting, May 12-14 in La Jolla, CA WASHINGTON, March 30, 2015 – Nine teams of entrepreneurially-minded students from around the globe will advance to the Final Round of the Licensing Foundation's 2015 International Graduate Student Business Plan Competition, to be held May 11, 2015 preceding the Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada) Spring Meeting in La Jolla, CA. Now in its 11th year, the LES Competition uniquely focuses on student business plans that hinge on ground-breaking technologies and that offer sound strategies for commercializing...

03 Mar 2015

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The LES (USA & Canada) Life Sciences Sector, in coordination with the Licensing Executive Society International (LESI) Life Sciences Sector, is pleased to present the 2014 LES Global Life Sciences Royalty Rates and Deal Terms Survey. This landmark report is one of the many benefits of LES membership and reflects the organization's objective to provide its members with relevant, cutting edge licensing information generally not available from other sources. We believe you will find this report contains many keen insights on some of the most important areas of deal making in our industry. We would like to specifically acknowledge and express our appreciation...