Intellectual property

The TATSUTA Electric Wire & Cable Group respects intellectual property rights, to achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value. Led by the Intellectual Property Department, we focus our efforts on risk management, rights acquisition, and education relating to intellectual property to ensure our products’ superiority.

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Risk management	We confirm the intellectual property rights of others at every stage from development to commercialization to achieve efficient development that respects the intellectual property rights of others. By checking agreements relating to intellectual property, such as joint development agreements, we ensure that the content of the agreements is appropriate.
Rights acquisition	The TATSUTA Group’s products are sold globally; therefore, we strengthen our production sites and sales networks by striving to establish rights both in Japan and in countries overseas. We evaluate inventions and creations fairly at each stage — when filing for patent applications, patenting, and generating profits — to create an environment that motivates employees to dedicate themselves to developing highly unique products and technologies. We manage intellectual property in an integrated manner from filing to extinguishment, and intellectual property that has been granted rights is strategically used throughout the TATSUTA Group. One example of strategic use involves searching for licensees and collaborators by posting some intellectual property, which has been granted rights, on our website (Japanese only) and on the Licensable Patent Information Database.
Education	We provide graded education to all employees, from new employees to managers, according to a curriculum established for every type of work and every length of service (experience). For example, employees in administrative, sales, and engineering divisions receive training on points of concern in agreements relating to intellectual property, such as handling new inventions that arise in the course of business transactions and patent liability risks, with our corporate lawyer as the instructor.

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