IP Bridge, Inc. (Chiyoda-ku Tokyo) (IP Bridge) members participated in “LESI 2019 Annual Conference” (organized by Licensing Executives Society International (LESI)) in Yokohama on May 26-28, 2019 as speaker.
Satoshi Konno (Director, Innovation), presented as a speaker in a session titled “Is IP Important for Startups? Why or Why not?”. In this session, he discussed various obstacles for Startups with instances. He also exchanged the ideal form and support of next-generation specialist including investor, IP specialist.
Takeo Yoshimura (Director, Licensing) presented as a speaker in a session titled “Knowledge Transfer from Universities”. In this session, he shared Japanese government effort to implement the outcome of R&D by universities. The effort woke up many universities and boosted the number of university-originated venture in Japan these days.
IP Bridge continues to contribute the development of IP fields as a global opinion leader. Furthermore, we contribute the development of healthy growth of industries by promoting a global innovation though IP commercialization.
[Topic] Is IP Important for Startups? Why or Why not?
[Moderator] Shingo Tsuda (Founder, Technical Director, INDEE Japan Ltd.)
[Speaker] Takafumi Yamamoto (President and Representative Director, TODAI TLO, Ltd.)
Satoshi Konno (Managing Director for Innovation, IP Bridge, Inc.)
Omer Hiziroglu, CLP (Managing Director, TLS.IP)
Rob McInnes, CLP (Principal, Rob McInnes IP Advisory)
[Topic] Knowledge Transfer from Universities
[Moderator] Mika Okada (Partner, City-Yuwa Partners)
[Speaker] Takeo Yoshimura(Licensing Director, IP Bridge, Inc.)
Laura MacDonald (General Manager, ASTP-Proton)
Takafumi Yamamoto (President and Representative Director, TODAI TLO, Ltd.)
Zhen XIE (Overseas R&D Office Project Manager, Tsinghua University)
※ 【LESI 2019 Annual Conference Yokohama Japan】：http://www.lesi.yokohama/overview/
【About IP Bridge】
At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We have worked with investors worldwide, from 26 major global corporations to the Japanese Government, to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to discover, activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. Our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.
We actively engage leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large and high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents that are growing. These portfolios are in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.
Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.