LESI

The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) is the umbrella organization of national and regional associations for licensing executives, founded in 1972, and incorporated in 2000 . A Board of Directors and Board of Delegates, consisting of representatives of all national and regional societies, oversee the activities of LESI.
To function as a non-profit professional organization to broadly support LES Societies in their efforts on behalf of individual members by:
Setting and promoting consistent, high professional standards for licensing executives on a global basis
Creating and maintaining various geographically based LES Societies with the necessary number and balance of local members
Providing organizational leadership, coordination and advice
Facilitating professional networking between the members of LES Societies
Providing quality educational content to, and facilitating the sharing of educational content between LES Societies
Informing and interacting with global organizations and policy forums concerning the economic significance and importance of licensing and other transfer of technology and intellectual property rights.
The journal is published quarterly and is designed to further the knowledge of the societies members and others in improving their skills, techniques and knowledge in licensing and protecting Intellectual Property (ISSN 0270-174X).
Members of the LES receive les Nouvelles as part of their membership.
The electronic version of LES Global News ushered in a new way of receiving the LESI Society news and other features usually found in the ""blue pages"" of les Nouvelles.