Infringement of Third-Party Rights and the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights
First written in FY2016. 5 of 6 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2023.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 9 of 59 companies on the "Worse" side.
127 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「The Group seeks to acquire intellectual property rights relating to software developed in its development promotion and support business. In addition, the Company takes the utmost care to avoid infringing third-party rights, including by having its legal counsel train personnel involved in development and by thoroughly communicating its policies.」
The Group continues to address the risk of third-party rights infringement and infringement of the Company’s intellectual property rights through rights acquisition, training by legal counsel and thorough communication of policies. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「The Group seeks to acquire intellectual property rights relating to software developed in its development promotion and support business. In addition, the Company takes the utmost care to avoid infringing third-party rights, including by having its legal counsel train personnel involved in development and by thoroughly communicating its policies.」
The Group continues to address the risk of third-party rights infringement and infringement of the Company’s intellectual property rights through rights acquisition, training by legal counsel and thorough communication of policies. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The Group seeks to acquire intellectual property rights relating to software developed in its development promotion and support business. In addition, the Company takes the utmost care to avoid infringing third-party rights, including by having its legal counsel train personnel involved in development and by thoroughly communicating its policies.」
The Group continues to address the risk of third-party rights infringement and infringement of the Company’s intellectual property rights through rights acquisition, training by legal counsel and thorough communication of policies. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The Group seeks to acquire intellectual property rights relating to content and software developed in its development promotion and support business and content business. In addition, the Company takes the utmost care to avoid infringing third-party rights, including by having its legal counsel train personnel involved in development and by thoroughly communicating its policies.」
The Group continues to address the risk of third-party rights infringement and infringement of the Company’s intellectual property rights through rights acquisition, training by legal counsel and thorough communication of policies. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「The Company takes the utmost care to avoid infringing third-party rights, including by having its legal counsel train personnel involved in development and by thoroughly communicating its policies.」
The risk of third-party rights infringement and infringement of the Company’s intellectual property rights was retained, with training by legal counsel and thorough communication of policies described as countermeasures. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「However, if a third party were to establish rights in an item related to the Company’s services, payments such as compensation and other consideration could arise from liability for damages and other claims. In addition, if the Company’s intellectual property rights were infringed, this could affect the Group’s business operations and performance.」
Both compensation arising from infringement of third-party rights and the risk of infringement of the Company’s intellectual property rights were identified.