Risk of Intellectual Property Rights Infringement
First written in FY2022. 1 of 2 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 9 of 56 companies on the "Worse" side.
133 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「The group conducts sufficient investigation and management of intellectual property, including patents. However, if it fails to prevent infringement by third parties, or if its products and technologies, which constitute the group's intellectual property, are found to infringe the intellectual property rights of other companies, such infringement could affect the group's operating results and other aspects of its performance.」
The company continues to disclose the risk of intellectual property infringement and the measures taken through investigation and management. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「The group conducts sufficient investigation and management of intellectual property, including patents. However, if it fails to prevent infringement by third parties, or if its products and technologies, which constitute the group's intellectual property, are found to infringe the intellectual property rights of other companies, such infringement could affect the group's operating results and other aspects of its performance.」
The company has identified as a new risk the possibility of infringement by third parties or infringement of other companies' rights by its own products and technologies.