Risk of Delays in Obtaining Intellectual Property Rights for R&D Technologies
First written in FY2022. 2 of 4 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2023. Latest entry: FY2025.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「We also provide opportunities for each headquarters division and business division to discuss securing advantages in new business areas and evolving and acquiring core technologies. We promote a backcasting approach based on clearly defined intellectual property utilisation scenarios, while also having annual targets and results reported to management under a framework that enables oversight by the Board of Directors.」
The response to intellectual property risks has progressed from the acquisition and management of rights by a specialised department to company-wide operations including the development of utilisation scenarios with each headquarters division, annual reporting of targets and results, and oversight by the Board of Directors. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「We have also established a framework under which annual targets and results are reported to management and overseen by the Board of Directors.」
The response to the risk of delays in obtaining intellectual property rights has become more concrete, extending beyond research, acquisition and management by a specialised department to include annual reporting of targets and results and oversight by the Board of Directors. - FY2023MitigatedAnnual report
「Our group has established a specialised department dedicated to managing intellectual property and conducts research, obtains and manages intellectual property rights based on our intellectual property strategy.」
Specific measures to address the risk of delays in obtaining intellectual property rights were disclosed, including a specialised department and the research, acquisition and management of rights based on an intellectual property strategy, as well as measures concerning blocking patents. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「If another party obtains intellectual property rights ahead of our group for technologies under research and development, or if we fall behind in securing rights to the technologies, our group's performance could be affected by lost opportunities resulting from the inability to commercialise products, additional costs and other factors.」
For research and development technologies, obtaining intellectual property rights ahead of the company by other parties and delays in securing rights can be confirmed for the first time as independent business risks.