Risk of Litigation and Manufacturing and Sales Suspension Due to Infringement of Third-Party Intellectual Property Rights

「The Company will actively secure rights to the technologies developed by the Group through a portfolio strategy, while i) regularly reviewing the details of new patents related to the Company's business and ii) formalizing procedures for conducting preliminary investigations when developing and selling products to avoid conflicts or similarities with third-party intellectual property rights and taking avoidance measures in advance where a potential conflict or other issue is identified.」

「The Group is strengthening its intellectual property department, which manages patents and other intellectual property rights, and is securing rights to the technologies it develops. It is also working to establish a framework to prevent infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, including i) regularly reviewing the details of new patents related to the Company's business, and ii) conducting preliminary investigations when developing and selling products to avoid conflicts or similarities with third-party intellectual property rights and formalizing procedures for taking avoidance measures in advance where a potential conflict or other issue is identified.」

「The Group is strengthening its intellectual property department, which manages patents and other intellectual property rights, and is securing rights to the technologies it develops. In developing and selling products, we conduct preliminary investigations to avoid conflicts or similarities with third-party intellectual property rights, and where a potential conflict or other issue is identified, we take steps in advance to avoid it, thereby taking care to prevent infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.」

「With respect to intellectual property rights relating to the Group's products, the Group or its customers and other parties could face patent infringement lawsuits or similar claims from third parties and incur damages, the Group's products could become unable to be manufactured or sold in certain countries or regions, or the Group could incur liability for damages to its customers and other parties.」