Protection of the Company’s Intellectual Property and Risk of Infringing Third-Party Rights
First written in FY2018. 6 of 7 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 9 of 59 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「The group’s policy is to actively protect its intellectual property rights by filing applications for patents, trademarks and other rights.」
The company continues to identify both protection of its own intellectual property rights and infringement of third-party rights as risks. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「The company’s policy is to actively protect its intellectual property rights by filing applications for patents, trademarks and other rights. However, if its registration applications are not approved or its intellectual property rights are otherwise inadequately protected, this could affect its business performance. In addition, if the company’s intellectual property rights are infringed by a third party, this could affect its business performance.」
The risks of inadequate protection of the company’s own intellectual property rights and infringement by third parties have been reaffirmed. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The company’s policy is to actively protect its intellectual property rights by filing applications for patents, trademarks and other rights. However, if its registration applications are not approved or its intellectual property rights are otherwise inadequately protected, this could affect its business performance. In addition, if the company’s intellectual property rights are infringed by a third party, this could affect its business performance.」
The risks of inadequate protection of the company’s own intellectual property rights and infringement by third parties have been reaffirmed. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「The company’s policy is to actively protect its intellectual property rights by filing applications for patents, trademarks and other rights. However, if its registration applications are not approved or its intellectual property rights are otherwise inadequately protected, this could affect its business performance.」
The risks of inadequate protection of the company’s own intellectual property rights and infringement by third parties have been reaffirmed. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The company’s policy is to actively protect its intellectual property rights by filing applications for patents, trademarks and other rights. However, if its registration applications are not approved or its intellectual property rights are otherwise inadequately protected, this could affect its business performance. In addition, if the company’s intellectual property rights are infringed by a third party, this could affect its business performance.」
The company continues to identify both inadequate protection of its own intellectual property rights and infringement by third parties as risks. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The company’s policy is to actively protect its intellectual property rights by filing applications for patents, trademarks and other rights. However, if its registration applications are not approved or its intellectual property rights are otherwise inadequately protected, this could affect its business performance.」
The company continues to identify both protection of its own intellectual property rights and infringement of third-party rights as risks. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「The Company takes care to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property rights, including trademark rights and copyrights, in the content it produces and conducts investigations, but it is extremely difficult to investigate every matter completely.」
The Company recognizes both protection of its own rights and infringement of third-party rights through its content as risks.