Intellectual Property Disputes and Product Defects
First written in FY2016. 12 of 20 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2027-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 2 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2027-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 370 32 402 Increase during the period － 40 40 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose － － － Reversal during the period △23 △26 △50 Unwinding of discount over time 2 － 2 Foreign currency translation differences 1 － 1 Period-end 350 46 397」
The company recognized an increase of ¥40 million in the provision for settlement costs during the period, and the period-end balance increased from ¥32 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥46 million. - FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 352 128 3 484 Increase during the period － 31 － 31 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose － － △3 △3 Reversal during the period △21 △127 － △148 Unwinding of discount over time 27 － － 27 Foreign currency translation differences 11 － － 11 Period-end 370 32 － 402」
The provision for settlement costs decreased from ¥128 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥32 million, and income of ¥127 million from reversals was recognized. - 2026-05-14OtherRevision to earnings forecasts
「For some provisions for settlement costs, once the amount was finalized, the difference from the estimated amount was recognized as income from the reversal of the provision for settlement costs.」
和解費用引当金戻入益127百万円と和解費用53百万円を計上し、引当関連の処理が進んだ。 - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 352 128 3 484 Increase during the period － 18 － 18 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose － － △3 △3 Period-end 355 147 － 502」
The provision for settlement costs increased from ¥128 million at the beginning of the period to ¥147 million at period-end due to an increase of ¥18 million during the period. - FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 371 130 8 510 Reversal during the period △20 △2 △4 △26 Period-end 352 128 3 484」
The provision for settlement costs decreased from ¥130 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥128 million, and income of ¥2 million from reversals during the period was recognized. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 372 184 557 Increase during the period － 1 32 33 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose － △50 △23 △73 Reversal during the period △8 △5 － △13 Unwinding of discount over time 1 － － 1 Foreign currency translation differences 6 － － 6 Period-end 371 130 8 510」
The provision for settlement costs decreased from ¥184 million to ¥130 million at period-end, mainly due to a ¥50 million decrease through utilization for the intended purpose. - FY2024-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 372 184 557 Increase during the period － 7 7 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose － △58 △58 Reversal during the period － △0 △0 Unwinding of discount over time 0 － 0 Foreign currency translation differences 2 △0 2 Period-end 375 133 509」
The provision for settlement costs decreased from ¥184 million to ¥133 million at period-end, mainly due to a ¥58 million decrease through utilization for the intended purpose. - FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 372 184 557 Increase during the period － 3 3 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose － △5 △5 Reversal during the period － － － Unwinding of discount over time 0 － 0 Foreign currency translation differences 4 － 4 Period-end 377 183 561」
The provision for settlement costs was ¥183 million at period-end, mainly due to a ¥5 million decrease through utilization for the intended purpose. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Increase during the period － 14 14 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose － △5 △5 Unwinding of discount over time 0 － 0 Foreign currency translation differences 2 － 2 Period-end 375 194 569」
The provision for settlement costs increased by ¥14 million during the period and decreased by ¥5 million through utilization for the intended purpose, leaving a period-end balance of ¥194 million. - FY2023MitigatedAnnual report
「For some provisions for settlement costs, once the amount was finalized, the difference from the estimated amount was recognized as income from the reversal of the provision for settlement costs.」
The provision for settlement costs decreased from ¥351 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥184 million at the end of the current period, and income of ¥86 million from the reversal of the provision was also recognized. - FY2023-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Beginning of period 500 351 851 Increase during the period － 7 7 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose △84 △146 △231 Reversal during the period △37 △87 △124 Unwinding of discount over time 0 0 0 Foreign currency translation differences △1 11 10 Period-end 377 136 513」
The provision for settlement costs decreased to ¥136 million at period-end from ¥351 million at the end of the previous fiscal year, due to utilization and reversals. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「Increase during the period 131 Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose ― Reversal during the period △1 Period-end 351」
The provision for settlement costs was ¥351 million at period-end, up from ¥200 million at the end of the previous fiscal year. Settlement costs of ¥131 million were also recognized. - FY2021-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Period-end 52 200 ― 253」
The provision for settlement costs decreased from ¥219 million at the beginning of the period to ¥200 million at period-end, reducing the provision balance for customer losses caused by products. - FY2020-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose ― △164 △164」
The provision for settlement costs relating to customer losses caused by products decreased by ¥164 million through utilization for the intended purpose, leaving a period-end balance of ¥230 million. - FY2020-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose ― △95 △95」
The provision for settlement costs relating to customer losses caused by products decreased from ¥407 million at the beginning of the period to ¥291 million at period-end, mainly due to utilization for the intended purpose. - FY2020-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose ― △91 △91」
The provision for settlement costs relating to customer losses caused by products decreased by ¥91 million through utilization for the intended purpose, leaving a balance of ¥312 million at period-end. - FY2019MitigatedAnnual report
「The provision for settlement costs is determined based on management's estimate of the settlement amount.」
The provision for settlement costs relating to customer losses caused by products was ¥407 million at the end of the period, down from the previous fiscal year. Settlement costs of ¥25 million and a ¥191 million decrease due to utilization for the intended purpose were disclosed. - FY2018MaterialisedAnnual report
「Provision for settlement costs」
The company recognized a provision for settlement costs relating to customer losses caused by products and disclosed settlement costs of ¥706 million and an expense of ¥587 million for the provision. The possibility of product defects and other issues previously identified has materialized as an event requiring the recognition of expenses. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Intellectual property disputes may arise in the future, resulting in an unfavorable judgment against the Group, or product recalls, compensation to customers, opportunity losses and other consequences may arise from product defects.」
The company continues to disclose the risks of recalls, compensation and opportunity losses arising from intellectual property disputes and product defects. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Intellectual property disputes may arise in the future, resulting in an unfavorable judgment against the Group, or product recalls, compensation to customers, opportunity losses and other consequences may arise from product defects.」
The company identifies future risks from recalls, compensation and opportunity losses arising from intellectual property disputes and product defects.