Risks of Know-How Leakage and Intellectual Property Rights Associated with Outsourced Manufacturing to Partner Companies
First written in FY2023. 2 of 3 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2021: 3 of 17 companies on the "Worse" side.
31 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「Because some product assembly is outsourced to partner companies, there is a potential risk that the group’s proprietary know-how and technical information could leak outside the company.」
The risks of know-how and technical information leakage and intellectual property rights issues arising from outsourcing assembly to partner companies continue to be disclosed. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Because some product assembly is outsourced to partner companies, there is a potential risk that the group’s proprietary know-how and technical information could leak outside the company.」
The risks relating to the leakage of know-how and technical information and intellectual property rights arising from outsourcing assembly to partner companies, together with responses through contracts and patent applications, continue to be disclosed. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「Because some product assembly is outsourced to partner companies, there is a potential risk that the group’s proprietary know-how and technical information could leak outside the company.」
The risks associated with outsourcing product assembly to partner companies, including leakage of know-how, infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, and the manufacture of similar products, as well as the responses through contracts and patent applications, were disclosed.