Risk of Inadequate Protection of Intellectual Property and Know-How
First written in FY2016. 1 of 4 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2024.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2017: 1 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「We provide employees with regular education and training on intellectual property rights and have introduced an incentive program encouraging employees to identify infringers, in an effort to protect our intellectual property rights. To prevent the infringement of other companies' intellectual property rights, we also conduct thorough searches of prior rights and take measures such as using external patent law firms.」
Measures for protecting our intellectual property and preventing infringement of third-party intellectual property have been formalized as education and training, an incentive program for identifying infringers, searches of prior rights, and the use of external patent law firms. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「If we are unable to register effective patents against imitations of our products and our intellectual property rights are not recognized, this could result in substantial losses. Conversely, our products may infringe the intellectual property rights of other companies, potentially resulting in substantial retroactive license fees or damages, as well as the risk of sales being enjoined.」
The risks have been organized as two-way intellectual property risks, encompassing the existing risk of inadequate protection of our intellectual property, as well as the risks of our products infringing third-party rights, incurring license fees, and having sales enjoined. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Accordingly, we may be unable to effectively prevent third parties from using the intellectual property of our Group to manufacture similar products.」
We continue to disclose the possibility that the protection of technologies and know-how through intellectual property rights may be limited. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Accordingly, we may be unable to effectively prevent third parties from using the intellectual property of our Group to manufacture similar products.」
This indicates that legal restrictions may prevent us from fully or adequately protecting our proprietary technologies and know-how through intellectual property rights.