Risk of inadequate protection of intellectual property and infringement of third-party rights
First written in FY2016. 2 of 3 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2020.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 9 of 59 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「To mitigate this risk, the Group takes steps to prevent other companies from continuing to infringe its rights, including ensuring that technologies adopted in its products are protected through patent applications. It also conducts investigations at multiple stages of the technology development and product design processes to avoid infringing third-party intellectual property.」
The company continues to address the difficulty of protecting intellectual property rights and the risk of infringing third-party rights through patent applications and investigations during the design process. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Some of these technologies and areas of know-how cannot be fully protected as intellectual property in certain regions and countries because of legal restrictions, and it may not be possible to effectively prevent third parties from manufacturing similar products using the Group's intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to describe the difficulty of protecting intellectual property rights and the possibility of infringing third-party rights. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Some of these technologies and areas of know-how cannot be fully protected as intellectual property in certain regions and countries because of legal restrictions, and it may not be possible to effectively prevent third parties from manufacturing similar products using the Group's intellectual property rights.」
The company describes the difficulty of protecting its proprietary technologies and the possibility of infringing third-party intellectual property rights.