Risks of imitation and know-how leakage associated with limiting patent filings
First written in FY2016. 1 of 3 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2021.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 3 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Dropped".
- FY2021DroppedAnnual report
「The principal risks among the matters concerning the business and accounting conditions described in the annual securities report that management recognizes could materially affect the financial position, operating results and cash flows of the consolidated companies are as follows.」
The current list of principal risks does not include the risk of imitation and know-how leakage resulting from not actively filing patent applications. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The Group does not actively file patent applications because it seeks to avoid disclosing its technology through such applications and having it leak to third parties, and because it believes that patent applications filed defensively lack the original significance of a patent application.」
The company continues to describe its policy of not actively filing patent applications and the resulting risks of know-how leakage and imitation. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The Group does not actively file patent applications because it seeks to avoid disclosing its technology through such applications and having it leak to third parties, and because it believes that patent applications filed defensively lack the original significance of a patent application.」
The company identifies the possibility that the limited number of patents obtained could prevent it from stopping know-how leakage when personnel leave and imitation by third parties.