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Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc. (LES) Recognizes 2025 Deals of Distinction™ Award Winners in Boston.

Winners of the 21st Annual Deals of Distinction™ Awards Announced at LES Annual Meeting 

BOSTON, MA – October 20, 2025 — The Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc. (LES) identifies and awards the most promising and outstanding intellectual property (IP) and licensing deals (named Deals of Distinction™) in five categories at their Annual Meeting each fall. The awards recognize worthy licensing deals and promote creative and innovative solutions to business issues involving contracts.

The 2025 Deals of Distinction™ winners were selected for their exceptional deals and landmark achievements in IP business deals for five industry sectors: Industry/University/Government Interface, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Brands as a Business, and High Technology.

Congratulations to these 2025 Deals of Distinction™ Award winners:

Brands as a Business Sector:

  • Franklin Sports, Inc. and the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)

High Tech Sector:

  • SIM IP and Ultraleap

Industry-University-Government Interface Sector:

  • National Institutes of Health and Bavarian Nordic

Life Sciences Sector:

  • GSK plc and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd

Physical Sciences Sector:

  • Saudi Aramco, AIR6 SYSTEMS and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Recipients shared information about their deals during an awards ceremony and business lunch in Boston on Monday, October 20, 2025. To learn more about the LES Deals of Distinction Award, visit  https://members.lesusacanada.org/page/dda.

About Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc. (LES):

Established in 1965, LES (USA & Canada) is one of the longest running professional societies supporting the development of members engaged in the creation, commercial development, and orderly transfer of intellectual property. LES members include business executives, lawyers, accountants, consultants, and scientists and engineers; who represent innovation-oriented enterprises of all sizes, professional services firms, universities, and government labs. LES is the largest of 43 global member societies of the Licensing Executives Society International, Inc. (LESI). For more information about LES, visit www.lesusacanada.org.

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