Risk of intellectual property infringement and failure to obtain licenses
First written in FY2017. 1 of 4 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2021.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 5 of 29 companies on the "Worse" side.
15 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2021MitigatedAnnual report
「Accordingly, in addition to acquiring intellectual property rights, the Group is working to conduct thorough investigations into the intellectual property rights of its partner companies and secure the necessary rights under partnership agreements.」
Disclosed investigations of partner companies and securing contractual rights as countermeasures against infringement of the Company's or third parties' intellectual property and deficiencies in partners' rights protection. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, in capital and business alliances with startups and other companies as part of open innovation, there is a risk that deficiencies in the partner company’s arrangements to secure its intellectual property rights could prevent us from using the intellectual property rights we had expected to use.」
The scope of intellectual property risks has been expanded to include deficiencies in partners’ arrangements to secure their rights in capital and business alliances with startups and other companies. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「In conducting our business, our Group seeks to protect its intellectual property by obtaining patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights relating to its technologies, products and services, while taking the utmost care not to infringe third-party intellectual property rights.」
The company continues to address the risks of intellectual property infringement and failure to obtain licenses, as well as its policy of protecting its own intellectual property. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「There is a possibility that third parties may infringe the intellectual property rights of our Group, and disputes may arise based on claims that our Group’s products or services infringe third-party intellectual property rights, potentially resulting in costs. In addition, if we are unable to obtain, as scheduled, licenses or other rights necessary to conduct our business from the holders of those rights, we may become unable to provide specific products or services.」
It independently identifies, for the first time as a business risk, infringement of the company’s intellectual property, claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property and failure to obtain necessary licenses.