Annual LES International Conference in Moscow
On 18–21 May 2014, the Annual Conference of the Licensing Executives Society International (LES International) was held in Moscow at the Congress Centre of the World Trade Centre (WTC) under the motto “Making the World Better Through Licensing”.
18 May 2014 — 21 May 2014
On 18–21 May 2014, the Annual Conference of the Licensing Executives Society International (LES International) was held in Moscow at the Congress Centre of the World Trade Centre (WTC) under the motto “Making the World Better Through Licensing”.
This was the first time an international conference on intellectual property of this scale had been held in Russia. The Conference included 6 Plenary Sessions and 23 Round Tables devoted to current issues of legal protection and commercialisation of intellectual property in the aerospace, pharmaceutical and automotive industries, alternative energy, environmental management, healthcare and information technology, as well as the creation of start-ups, implementation of university developments, legal audits, etc.
At the first plenary session, President of the Licensing Executives Society International Yvonne Chua and President of the Russian Licensing Society Sergey Dorofeev welcomed the Conference participants and noted the comprehensive support of the Conference by all members of the Society. Dr Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), also addressed the Conference participants by video. Igor Drozdov, Senior Vice President for Legal and Administrative Affairs of the Skolkovo Foundation, spoke about the level, problems and prospects of intellectual property development in the Russian Federation.
The audience eagerly awaited the speech by Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals, which was imbued with the spirit of innovation. At the second plenary session, speakers responsible for the entire innovation policy of their companies included Amber Sun, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of the industrial automotive concern Qoros Automotive, China, and Beat Weibel, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of the world-renowned Siemens AG, Germany.
Plenary Sessions Nos. 3 and 4 were devoted to innovation issues in the CIS and BRICS countries. Presentations were made by representatives of Russia — Prof. Natalia Karpova (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration), Ukraine — Yuri Kapitsa (Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), the Republic of Belarus — Anastasia Omarova (Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus), India — Anubhav Kapoor (General Counsel and Company Secretary of TATA Technologies), South Africa — Dani Domen (Adams & Adams law firm), and Brazil — Thais Hamamoto (Braskem), whose presentations, like all the other speeches, were received with great interest by the audience.
Plenary Session No. 5 began with a presentation by Frederic Caillaux, Head of Licensing and Business Development at the world-renowned company L’Oréal, France, who spoke about the successful use of modern computer systems in developing the company’s innovation policy. The second presentation, by Armenian inventor Hamlet Arakelyan, was no less interesting and added considerable colour, as he gave a practical demonstration of his own invention in the field of energy. The final plenary session featured a presentation by Kenichi Nagasawa, Executive Director and Head of the Intellectual Property Division of CANON, Japan, who outlined the company’s innovation strategy and the key components of its success.
The second part of the plenary session featured a team from the U.S. law firm Finnegan, consisting of Laura Mazurovsky and Eric Puchniс, as well as Aram Pakhchanyan, Vice President of ABBYY, Russia, who presented an excellent example of ABBYY’s commercial success as a result of a sound innovation policy.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to describe all the topics discussed during the Conference. It is sufficient to note that speakers at the Conference round tables represented virtually every sector of business, including such companies and organisations as Porsche AG, Germany; ExxonMobil, USA; TOTAL, France; Zenit, Russia; Adidas AG, Germany; Nagravision, USA; Technicolor, USA; Skolkovo Aerospace Cluster, Russia; GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom; Merck & Co., USA; Hilton Worldwide, USA; BRTG, USA; Philips, the Netherlands; Novartis Pharma AG, Germany; Microsoft, USA; LG Chem, South Korea; Medtronic Inc., USA; Apitope, United Kingdom; HemaCore, Russia; Ferrero Russia, Russia; Yandex, Russia; Maxfield Capital, Russian Federation; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Siemens AG, Germany; Vienna University of Technology, Austria; Samara State Aerospace University, Russia; Bauman Moscow State Technical University, as well as representatives of numerous law firms.
Around 400 delegates took part in the Conference, including prominent Russian and foreign businessmen, financiers, investors, scientists, patent attorneys and lawyers.
In addition to the business programme, social and cultural programmes were organised, providing participants and guests of the Conference with extensive opportunities for informal communication.
According to participants’ feedback, the Conference was organised to a high international standard.
On 18–21 May 2014, the Annual Conference of the Licensing Executives Society International (LES International) was held in Moscow at the Congress Centre of the World Trade Centre (WTC) under the motto “Making the World Better Through Licensing”.
This was the first time an international conference on intellectual property of this scale had been held in Russia. The Conference included 6 Plenary Sessions and 23 Round Tables devoted to current issues of legal protection and commercialisation of intellectual property in the aerospace, pharmaceutical and automotive industries, alternative energy, environmental management, healthcare and information technology, as well as the creation of start-ups, implementation of university developments, legal audits, etc.
At the first plenary session, President of the Licensing Executives Society International Yvonne Chua and President of the Russian Licensing Society Sergey Dorofeev welcomed the Conference participants and noted the comprehensive support of the Conference by all members of the Society. Dr Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), also addressed the Conference participants by video. Igor Drozdov, Senior Vice President for Legal and Administrative Affairs of the Skolkovo Foundation, spoke about the level, problems and prospects of intellectual property development in the Russian Federation.
The audience eagerly awaited the speech by Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals, which was imbued with the spirit of innovation. At the second plenary session, speakers responsible for the entire innovation policy of their companies included Amber Sun, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of the industrial automotive concern Qoros Automotive, China, and Beat Weibel, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of the world-renowned Siemens AG, Germany.
Plenary Sessions Nos. 3 and 4 were devoted to innovation issues in the CIS and BRICS countries. Presentations were made by representatives of Russia — Prof. Natalia Karpova (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration), Ukraine — Yuri Kapitsa (Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), the Republic of Belarus — Anastasia Omarova (Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus), India — Anubhav Kapoor (General Counsel and Company Secretary of TATA Technologies), South Africa — Dani Domen (Adams & Adams law firm), and Brazil — Thais Hamamoto (Braskem), whose presentations, like all the other speeches, were received with great interest by the audience.
Plenary Session No. 5 began with a presentation by Frederic Caillaux, Head of Licensing and Business Development at the world-renowned company L’Oréal, France, who spoke about the successful use of modern computer systems in developing the company’s innovation policy. The second presentation, by Armenian inventor Hamlet Arakelyan, was no less interesting and added considerable colour, as he gave a practical demonstration of his own invention in the field of energy. The final plenary session featured a presentation by Kenichi Nagasawa, Executive Director and Head of the Intellectual Property Division of CANON, Japan, who outlined the company’s innovation strategy and the key components of its success.
The second part of the plenary session featured a team from the U.S. law firm Finnegan, consisting of Laura Mazurovsky and Eric Puchniс, as well as Aram Pakhchanyan, Vice President of ABBYY, Russia, who presented an excellent example of ABBYY’s commercial success as a result of a sound innovation policy.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to describe all the topics discussed during the Conference. It is sufficient to note that speakers at the Conference round tables represented virtually every sector of business, including such companies and organisations as Porsche AG, Germany; ExxonMobil, USA; TOTAL, France; Zenit, Russia; Adidas AG, Germany; Nagravision, USA; Technicolor, USA; Skolkovo Aerospace Cluster, Russia; GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom; Merck & Co., USA; Hilton Worldwide, USA; BRTG, USA; Philips, the Netherlands; Novartis Pharma AG, Germany; Microsoft, USA; LG Chem, South Korea; Medtronic Inc., USA; Apitope, United Kingdom; HemaCore, Russia; Ferrero Russia, Russia; Yandex, Russia; Maxfield Capital, Russian Federation; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Siemens AG, Germany; Vienna University of Technology, Austria; Samara State Aerospace University, Russia; Bauman Moscow State Technical University, as well as representatives of numerous law firms.
Around 400 delegates took part in the Conference, including prominent Russian and foreign businessmen, financiers, investors, scientists, patent attorneys and lawyers.
In addition to the business programme, social and cultural programmes were organised, providing participants and guests of the Conference with extensive opportunities for informal communication.
According to participants’ feedback, the Conference was organised to a high international standard.
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