Risk of Intellectual Property Rights Infringement and Inadequate Protection
First written in FY2022. 1 of 3 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 9 of 60 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「However, if the Company’s intellectual property rights are not protected from infringement by third parties, or if the Company unintentionally infringes third-party intellectual property rights and is demanded to pay substantial damages or other compensation, this may affect the Company’s financial position, operating results and other aspects of its business.」
The Company continues to disclose the risks of inadequate protection of its own intellectual property and conflicts with third-party intellectual property, together with measures including preliminary investigations and avoidance measures. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「The Company seeks to obtain and strengthen the management of intellectual property rights relating to new technologies and other aspects of its products, and to protect those rights. In developing and selling products, it conducts preliminary investigations to prevent conflicts with third-party intellectual property rights and takes avoidance measures where the possibility of a conflict is foreseeable, exercising every possible precaution to prevent infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.」
The Company specifies measures addressing intellectual property risks by disclosing the acquisition and strengthened management of its own intellectual property, as well as preliminary investigations and avoidance measures relating to third-party intellectual property. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「However, if the Company’s intellectual property rights are not protected from infringement by third parties, or if the Company unintentionally infringes third-party intellectual property rights and is demanded to pay substantial damages or other compensation, this may affect the Company’s financial position, operating results and other aspects of its business.」
The Company discloses the risks of inadequate protection of its own rights and unintentional infringement of third-party rights and claims for damages.