1. LESI ASIA-PACIFIC COMMITTEE
NATIONAL CHAPTERS’ UPDATES FOR WINTER PLANNING MEETING IN RIO, BRAZIL, JANUARY 2011

2. LES-AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Membership has decreased slightly to 461 members but an increase in membership is anticipated for 2011.
Held 39 events:
Including a very successful 2-day annual conference
LESANZ now contributes a monthly column to a national business website with a readership of 300,000 as well as to a national R&D quarterly

3. LES-AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Update on 2012 LESI Annual Conference in Auckland, New Zealand
The hotel contract has been signed
Two sponsors are on board

4. LES-CHINA Held 5 events:
IP Day seminar on Internet related copyright issues
Joint conference with LES-Hong Kong and LES-Taiwan
Annual conference
IAM 100 course taught by Mr. Alan Lewis, Dr. Hayley French, and Ms. Sun Kim on January 19, 2011
Recent changes on the Board members, adding two members from industries

5. LES-HONG KONG Membership increased to 62 from 53 (2008 figures)
Held 18 events:
1 Seminar
3 Joint Seminars
Represented or Supported 14 Meetings/Conferences
LES-HK launched Facebook Initiative for World IP Day
Ms. Alice Ngan participated as a judge for the LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition 2010.

6. LES-INDIA
Held 1 joint seminar with URDIP on European Perspectives on Patents

7. LES-JAPAN Held 15 events and 21 members meetings: 7 Seminars
2 workshops
Supporting organization/Represented at 4 conferences
2 exchanges/networking events

8. LES-MALAYSIA Held 2 events:
1 Joint Seminar
1 Workshop
LESM was invited to attend consultative session with the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia in relation to proposed amendments to the Copyright Act.

9. LES-PHILIPPINES Held 4 events:
2 training programs with Philippines Dispute Resolution Center and IPO – IP Rights and Arbitration
Specialized International Arbitration Training with WIPO and IPO
Association of Pharma Financial Executives
Entered 2 MOU’s with IPO
Licensing (comparative studies and Philippines system)
Non-traditional marks (comparative studies)

10. LES-SINGAPORE Membership has grown by 42% from 2009 to 44 members.
Held 3 events
1 Joint Seminar with WIPO on Tech Transfer arbitration: Dec 2010
1 Seminar on IAM: Jan 2011
Supporting Organization for Global Forum on IP Jan 2011

11. LES-TAIWAN Held 4 events: 1 Course
1 Joint Conference with LES-China and LES-HK
2 Conferences