LESANZ Inc.

The Licensing Executive Society - Australia and New Zealand has 500 members, from a wide range of businesses and professions. It''s membership includes company executives, small business enterprises, scientists, engineers, lawyers, patent attorneys, accountants, venture capitalists and licensing consultants, as well as academics and representatives from public bodies. Many major companies, professional firms, institutes and universities are represented.

The Society is a member society of the Licensing Executives Society International, which is an association of LES national societies all having the same interests and objectives. LES national societies have been established in North and South America, Europe and Africa. In Asia/Pacific there are also member societies in China, Japan, Korea and Philippines.

The Licensing Executives Society International has over 11,000 individual members worldwide spread over its 28 member societies. Whilst the member societies formally represent 32 countries, there are LES members in more than 60 countries.

History, Formation and Structure of LES

LES is an association of 32 individual societies, each composed of individual members who are engaged in the profession of licensing and other aspects of transferring or profiting from intellectual property.

Membership is open to all individuals and students in the area of Licensing and Intellectual Property.

The LES family is business-oriented for the most part, and its nearly 11,000 individual members include management representatives from companies both large and small, scientists, engineers, academics, government officials, lawyers and patent attorneys.

When LES was founded in 1965 in the United States, its purpose was to establish licensing as a profession, enabling its members to meet, to learn from one another and to encourage high professional standards among the individuals engaged in licensing of intellectual property rights and the transfer of technology.

Following its founding, the LES family has grown into a world-wide organisation with national or regional societies in: Argentina, Australia/New Zealand, Austria, Benelux, Brazil, Britain/Ireland, China, Colombia/Ecuador, Czech Republic, Espana, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Scandinavia, South Africa, Switzerland, USA/Canada and Venezuela.

Objectives of LESANZ

• To assist members in developing and improving their professional and business skills in the field.
• To hold meetings, seminars and training courses on the exchange and dissemination of knowledge and information in the fields of activity.
• To inform the business community and the public of the economic significance of fields of activity.
• To inform and advise Government on matters concerning members.
• To monitor changes and developments in international law and licensing practice.
• To encourage high professional standards among individuals engaged in these fields.
• To facilitate contacts between potential licensors and licensees.

Benefits of Membership

• Active Regional Committees hold regular local meetings with guest speakers covering a broad range of topics on matters of interest - Joint meetings are also held with other professional bodies.
• Annual Conference is typically held over two or three days in a different regional centre each year.
• Seminars and workshops aimed at educating members in relevant laws and practices.
• Networking with people engaged in a wide range of related activities including: research and development, licensing-in, licensing-out, marketing and financing. Subscription to Les Nouvelles - the leading world journal for business people and professionals engaged in these fields - a unique source of information on International developments (published quarterly).
• Online Networking via linkedIn
• Membership Directory giving access to a worldwide network of around 11000 members and contacts.
• Newsletter relating to technology transfer and licensing of intellectual property which is specifically written for LES ANZ members. Invitations to conferences organised by various LES societies around the world, including an annual International Conference.
• Educational materials (eg: books, special publications, audios, videos) on topics of interest.

Membership Applications

You are invited to apply for active membership of the Society if you have any interest in the fields of technology transfer, licensing of intellectual property rights or related matters. Please complete the application form provided in the Membership section and forward same by fax or mail to the Secretariat together with your cheque or credit card payment for your subscription.

Annual Membership Fees for LESANZ are based on a calendar year and renewal is in January of each year. Fees for Membership for those joining between Oct - March are $A260.00 inclusive of GST for Australian members. Membership fees for those joining between April - June are 3/4 of the full amount and 1/2 the full amount for those joining between July - September. Members accepted after 1st October in any year will be deemed to be financial for the following year.

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