Licensing Executives Society International
Encyclopedia
The Licensing Executives Society International, or LES International, (LESI, or formally "LES International, Inc.") is a not for profit, non-political, umbrella organisation having 32 national and regional member societies, interested in technology transfer
s or licensing of intellectual property
rights. It was founded in 1965 in the United States
.
The LES publishes a quarterly journal called les Nouvelles.
Technology transfer
Technology Transfer, also called Transfer of Technology and Technology Commercialisation, is the process of skill transferring, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing and facilities among governments or universities and other institutions to ensure that...
s or licensing of intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
rights. It was founded in 1965 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The LES publishes a quarterly journal called les Nouvelles.
See also
- Cross-licensingCross-licensingA cross-licensing agreement is a contract between two or more parties where each party grants rights to their intellectual property to the other parties.-Patent law:...
- PatentPatentA patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
- Patent holding companyPatent holding companyPatent holding companies are companies set up to administer, consolidate and license patents or otherwise enforce patent rights, such as through litigation...
- Patent trollPatent trollPatent troll is a pejorative but questioned term used for a person or company who is a non-practicing inventor, and buys and enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered by the target or observers as unduly aggressive or opportunistic, often with no intention to...
- Technology transferTechnology transferTechnology Transfer, also called Transfer of Technology and Technology Commercialisation, is the process of skill transferring, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing and facilities among governments or universities and other institutions to ensure that...