Benefits of Membership


  1. Active Regional Committees hold regular local meetings in most regions and webinars with guest speakers covering a broad range of topics on matters of interest - Joint meetings are also held with other professional bodies.
  2. Annual Conference is typically held over three days in a different regional centre each year and significant savings are offered to our members on the registration fees.
  3. Seminars & workshops aimed at educating members in relevant laws and practices.
  4. Online access to webinars and seminars videoed FREE for members.
  5. Networking with people engaged in a wide range of related activities including:
    research and development, licensing-in, licensing-out, marketing and financing.
  6. Subscription to les Nouvelles for full members - the leading world journal for business people and professionals engaged in these fields - a unique source of information on International developments (published quarterly).
  7. Online Networking access to a worldwide network of around 10,000 members
  8. Commuincations via LinkedIn and Twitter.
  9. "Global News" prepared by LESI. Invitations to conferences organised by various LES societies around the world, including an Annual International Conference. Lexology LESANZ newsblast daily edition.
  10. Educational materials (eg: books, special publications, audios, videos) on topics of interest - via the LESI or USA/Canada Chapters for full members.
  11. Search Member area for general public to find you on our website (subject to you authorising this).

Fields of Interest

  • Licensing and transfer of technology (all forms);
  • Technology development, acquisition and transfer;
  • Copyright licensing (industrial and cultural);
  • Trademark merchandising;
  • Franchising and distribution of goods and services;
  • Protecting and valuing intellectual property;