Securing Intellectual Property Rights, International Management and Anti-Counterfeiting Measures
First written in FY2023. 2 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 2 of 21 companies on the "Worse" side.
15 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The company has recently increased the budget for investment in “protection” and is thoroughly preventing intellectual property risks by conducting comprehensive prior-art investigations to prevent infringement of other companies’ intellectual property for new products from the planning and commercialisation stages.」
The company has put its intellectual property measures into practice as investments to “explore, create and protect,” in addition to selection and concentration. It announced an increased budget for investigations to prevent infringement of other companies’ intellectual property and their implementation from the planning and commercialisation stages. - FY2025ReframedAnnual report
「As of April 2025, the company held 137 domestic and 93 overseas patents, a slight decrease from the previous year. This reflects its shift from quantitatively expanding the number of patents held to a strategy of “selection and concentration” that places greater emphasis on strategic value and practical utility.」
The company shifted its intellectual property measures from quantitatively expanding the number of patents held to a strategy of selection and concentration focused on strategic value and practical utility. It has also launched a project to strengthen intellectual property filings and utilisation among junior and mid-career employees. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「As of April 2024, the company held 152 domestic and 136 overseas patents, while the number of pending applications was increasing. Progress in establishing new technologies for particularly important projects has been steady. The company has also newly adopted the use of patents as a vehicle for transferring know-how. In addition to its conventional approach of extracting important information obtained in advanced fields and securing it as patents, it has added an initiative to use detailed “examples of implementation” as teaching materials.」
In addition to acquiring and managing intellectual property rights internationally, the company has expanded the uses of its intellectual property measures by adding an initiative to transfer know-how through the use of patent examples of implementation as teaching materials. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「The company actively acquires intellectual property rights for inventions and ideas involving groundbreaking new technologies and innovative designs. In line with its global strategy, it files for, maintains and manages intellectual property rights internationally. In developing its business in emerging countries, it continuously gathers information on counterfeit products and takes appropriate measures.」
The company has identified the acquisition of rights for new technologies and designs, international filings and maintenance, and the collection of information on and countermeasures against counterfeit products in emerging countries as its intellectual property strategy. As of the end of March 2023, it held 155 domestic and 152 overseas patents and utility models.