Competitive and Infringement Risks Related to Intellectual Property Rights
First written in FY2016. 5 of 6 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2022.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 4 of 43 companies on the "Worse" side.
64 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The company primarily owns patents relating to packaging machinery technologies in the industrial machinery business and protects its intellectual property. However, if another company conducts superior research and development and obtains patents, the competitiveness of the relevant business may decline. The company takes care and conducts investigations to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property rights, but these investigations have limitations, and the company may in the future be accused of infringing another company's intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to identify the risks of weaker competitiveness due to other companies' patents and infringement of third-party intellectual property rights. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「The company primarily owns patents relating to packaging machinery technologies in the industrial machinery business and protects its intellectual property. However, if another company conducts superior research and development and obtains patents, the competitiveness of the relevant business may decline. The company takes care and conducts investigations to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property rights, but these investigations have limitations, and the company may in the future be accused of infringing another company's intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to disclose the risks of weaker competitiveness due to other companies' patents and infringement of third-party intellectual property rights. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The company primarily owns patents relating to packaging machinery technologies in the industrial machinery business and protects its intellectual property. However, if another company conducts superior research and development and obtains patents, the competitiveness of the relevant business may decline. The company takes care and conducts investigations to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property rights, but these investigations have limitations, and the company may in the future be accused of infringing another company's intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to disclose the risks of weaker competitiveness due to other companies' patents and infringement of third-party intellectual property rights. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「If another company conducts superior research and development and obtains patents, the competitiveness of the relevant business may decline. The company takes care and conducts investigations to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property rights, but these investigations have limitations, and the company may in the future be accused of infringing another company's intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to describe the risks of weaker competitiveness due to other companies' patents and infringement of third-party intellectual property rights. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「If another company conducts superior research and development and obtains patents, the competitiveness of the relevant business may decline. The company takes care and conducts investigations to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property rights, but these investigations have limitations, and the company may in the future be accused of infringing another company's intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to disclose the risks of weaker competitiveness due to other companies' patents and infringement of third-party intellectual property rights. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「If another company conducts superior research and development and obtains patents, the competitiveness of the relevant business may decline. The company takes care and conducts investigations to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property rights, but these investigations have limitations, and the company may in the future be accused of infringing another company's intellectual property rights.」
The company identifies both the risk of weaker competitiveness due to other companies' patents and the risk of infringing third-party rights.