NERA Economic Consulting sponsored the 2013 annual meeting of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), which was held in Philadelphia on 22-25 September. LES is the leading association for intellectual property, technology, and business development professionals in the USA and Canada.

On Monday, 23 September, NERA hosted the luncheon session featuring the 2013 Deals of Distinction Awards. The LES Deals of Distinction (DOD) Award is an annual Industry Sector award program recognizing worthy licensing deals that promote creative and innovative solutions to business issues involving contracts. The 2012 DOD winners included the AOL, Microsoft, and Facebook deal, the  Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim Strategic Alliance, and others. During lunch, dealmakers and recipients of the 2013 DOD Awards from two industry sectors discussed their award-winning deals. The 2013 LES Frank Barnes' Mentoring Award, honoring an LES member who has mentored many licensing executives, also was presented during this luncheon.

Learn more about the LES 2013 Annual Meeting via the LES website.