Infringement of and by Intellectual Property Rights
First written in FY2023. 2 of 3 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 9 of 59 companies on the "Worse" side.
127 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has entered into advisory agreements with attorneys and patent attorneys specializing in intellectual property. For new technologies and services, we ask them from time to time to investigate third-party rights in parallel with considering the services. Where securing rights to our own technology would provide a competitive advantage under our intellectual property strategy, we seek to do so and maintain a structure to prevent infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to recognize the risk of infringement of or by third-party intellectual property rights and uses attorney and patent-attorney reviews, protection of its own technology, and controls to prevent infringement as countermeasures. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「We have entered into advisory agreements with attorneys and patent attorneys specializing in intellectual property. For new technologies and services, we ask these professionals from time to time to investigate whether third parties have obtained or may obtain rights, in parallel with considering the services. Where securing rights to our own technology would provide a competitive advantage under our intellectual property strategy, we seek to do so.」
The company continues to recognize the risk of infringement of or by third-party intellectual property rights and uses attorney and patent-attorney reviews, protection of its own technology, and controls to prevent infringement as countermeasures. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「If the services we provide infringe the intellectual property rights of others, such as patents, litigation could have a material impact on performance and could disrupt business continuity.」
The company identifies the risk of litigation for infringing third-party patents and the possibility that third parties may infringe its own intellectual property rights.