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• Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) Publishes Biopharmaceutical Royalty Rates and Deal Terms Survey Report (July 22, 2008)
• Licensing Executives Society Pleased That Supreme Court Provided Clarity On the Rights of Patent Holders (June 11, 2008)
• LES President Thomas A. Picone, Ph.D., Reveals His Parkinson’s Disease at LESI Conference (May 15, 2008)
• Deborah W. Brooks, Co-founder of Michael J. Fox Foundation, to Keynote Licensing Executives Society International Conference (April 10, 2008)
• Licensing Executives Society International Conference Coming to Chicago in May 2008 (February 19, 2008)
• Licensing Profession Responds Enthusiastically To Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) Program (February 12, 2008)
• LES Now Accepting Applications for Licensing Professional Credentialing Program (January 2, 2008)
• Annual Survey of the Licensing Industry Finds: Patents remain top pick for creating competitive advantage Time spent on litigation is limited Respondents weigh in on deal making best and worst practices (December, 2007)
• Licensing Executives Society Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Quanta v. LG Electronics Case (November 14, 2007)
• Licensing Executives Society Certified Licensing Professional Credentialing Program – Alternative Qualification Period Now Open (October 30, 2007)
• Tom Picone of Schering-Plough Elected President of Licensing Executives Society (October 17, 2007)
• Licensing Executives Society Announces 2007 Deals of Distinction Awards (October 17, 2007)
• Patent Reform Legislation Proposes Sweeping Changes to U.S. Patent Laws (September 27, 2007)

• The Year of Living Dangerously
  by Allen Baum
  IP Law and Business, July 2007

• InterDigital Testimony Highlights Alternate Views on Congressional Patent Reform Bill (June 7, 2007)

• Students from University of Illinois Chicago School of Business Win Licensing Foundation's Business Plan Competition - AGAIN! (May 18, 2007)

• Licensing in the Era of Intellectual Property Revolution - A Speech by LES President Allen Baum (May 17, 2007)

• Licensing Executives Society Warns Supreme Court Decisions May Water Down U.S. Patent Laws (May 1, 2007)

• Intellectual Property Industry Executives Testify on Federal Patent Reform Bill (April 30, 2007)

• 6th Annual Licensing Foundation Day: Innovation in the Balance (April 4, 2007)

• Survey Shows Supreme Court Ruling May Hinder IP Licensing (February 22, 2007)

• Supreme Court Decision Will Alter Structure of Future Deals, Licensing Executives Society Says (January 10, 2007)

• Licensing Foundation Survey Shows Growing Importance of IP Licensing Across Industries (December, 2006)

• LES Annual Meeting Explores Licensing Trends in Key Industry Sectors (September 15, 2006)

• Global Energy Day Debates Alternative Energy Options (September 13, 2006)

• Licensing Executives Society Announces 2006 Deals of Distinction Awards (September 12, 2006)

• InterDigital Communications Corporation Receives Licensing Achievement Award (September 11, 2006)

• Intellectual Property Licensing Discussed at Licensing Executives Society Meeting in Philadelphia May 10-12 (May 12, 2006)

• University of Illinois Chicago Student Team Awarded $10,000 for Plan to Advance New Cancer Therapies (May 11, 2006)
  UIC prize-winners peddle killer business plan - Chicago Sun-Times article (June 14, 2006)

• Segway Inventor Dean Kamen Shoots Down Myths about Innovation and Invention: Delivers Keynote Address at Licensing Foundation Meeting (March 17, 2006)

• Licensing Executives Society 2005 Deals of Distinction Awards Announced (October 18, 2005)

• Successful Deal-making With Major Japanese Partners Highlights Closing Sessions at Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) Inc. (LES) Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina (May 6, 2005)

• Prolific Inventor Ronald Katz Makes Unprecedented Appearance at Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) Inc. (LES) Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina (May 5, 2005)

• Alliance Strategies Take Front and Center at Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) Inc. (LES) Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina (May 4, 2005)

• This is the Third in a Series of Dispatches from the Spring Meeting of the Licensing Executives Society (USA And Canada) Inc. (LES) Being Held May 4-6 in Raleigh, North Carolina (May 3, 2005)

• LES Spring Meeting To Bring More Than 300 Triangle (May 2, 2005)

• LES Spring Meeting To Bring Several Hundred To Triangle (April 28, 2005)

• U.S. Department of Energy Honored by Licensing Executives Society for Its Leadership Role in Technology Transfer and Commercialization (February 12, 2004)

• LES Foundation Welcomes Top Students to San Francisco: Finalists in Graduate Student Licensing Competition Present Business Plans (February 11, 2004)

• Licensing Executives Society Honors IBM Corporation for its Pioneering Role in Licensing Intellectual Property (September 23, 2002)

• The Changing Wealth of Nations: Licensing Executives Address Intellectual Property Policies in the Age of Innovation at the LES Spring Meeting (May 10, 2002)

• Accounting Standards in the New Economy: Licensing Executives Address Reporting the Value of Intellectual Property (April 24, 2002)

• Intellectual Property in the New Economy-Balancing Private Rights and Public Policy (April 15, 2002)

• The Genome Revolution: Implications for Biological Intellectual Property and Licensing to be the focus of LES Foundation Address (December 28, 2001)