Intellectual Property Management

In its intellectual property activities, the Canon Marketing Japan Group (hereinafter the "Canon MJ Group") thinks in a customer-oriented manner and anticipates the issues that customers will face and the changes in the market and technologies as a MIRAI Marketing Company. The intellectual property we have created is an important management resource supporting the Canon MJ Group's technological capabilities, the trust our customers have in us, and the value we create as we anticipate the future. Accordingly, we protect and use it appropriately.
We respect the intellectual property rights of others and implement Group-wide intellectual property strategies in collaboration with our management and business divisions to support the growth of our existing businesses and the creation of new businesses.
Through these efforts, we provide customers with high added value and peace of mind, and we contribute to the sustainable improvement of the competitiveness of the Group as a whole and the maximization of its corporate value.

Management receives reports regarding intellectual property strategies and activities to enable them to assess the appropriateness of our intellectual property governance.
Additionally, in accordance with our management strategy, we have established a system to protect our technologies, visualize their value and formulate, implement and evaluate intellectual property strategies that reflect market and technology trends in cooperation with the business divisions of the Group companies.

The Canon MJ Group is establishing a portfolio of high value-added patents to support the growth of business to achieve ITS 5000.^*
In accordance with our management policies, we strategically narrow down the fields we focus our efforts on, apply for patents that are linked directly to the value that we provide through products and services, and acquire intellectual property rights regarding them. We have also anticipated changes in the market and technologies to enhance our application for patents in growth fields, such as the field of AI-related technologies. Through these initiatives, we are increasing the technological advantages and competitiveness of the Canon MJ Group while differentiating ourselves from other companies.
As a result, we hold more than 1,000 patents as of June 30, 2025. Among the IT service companies whose sales are on the same level as the Canon MJ Group's ITS business, we are one of the top companies in terms of the number of patents held. More than 50% of the patents we hold are related to our focus areas. We strategically protect both technologies that support the growth of business in the future and product implementation technologies that form the foundation of our operating revenue.

Regarding the patents we have acquired, we leverage external evaluations and awards to visualize our technological capabilities, including regional invention awards hosted by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation. We also use them as key points when communicating the appeal of our technological capabilities in our sales and solution-proposal activities. Through these initiatives, we ensure that customers find us trustworthy and reliable and enhance our corporate value.

The intellectual property of the Canon MJ Group as a whole and relevant inquiries are centrally managed, and the Group accumulates expertise regarding intellectual property. This enables us to provide the entire Group with high-level intellectual property support based on a unified policy.
Through this initiative, we reduce the business risks faced by the Canon MJ Group as a whole, which translates into peace of mind for our customers. We also assess the value of intellectual properties and regularly organize and evaluate them together with our business divisions and Group companies. This enables us to maintain an intellectual property portfolio that supports the growth of the businesses of the Canon MJ Group as a whole.

The Canon MJ Group aggressively invests in future growth areas from short-term and medium- to long-term perspectives.
The Intellectual Property Division implements comprehensive IP support activities, including corporate analysis and FTO search from a patent perspective, for short-term and medium- to long-term investments to achieve the Group's growth strategies. The division strives to improve the competitiveness of our businesses and reduce risks, contributing to our sustainable growth.

We aim to establish a clean market, where customers in Japan can use Canon products safely with peace of mind.
We have built a cooperative structure with Canon Inc., a manufacturer, and we address counterfeit Canon products to stop the occurrence and spread of problems caused by the deluge of counterfeit goods.

We expand our intellectual property-related training throughout the Canon MJ Group and push forward with patent application activities to achieve both intellectual property literacy and high-level creativity and develop intellectual property human resources that maximize our corporate value and customer value. At present, approx. 27% of the patent applications filed by the Group are filed by employees outside the development division, such as sales and marketing division employees. Approx. 200 employees have individually filed ten or more patent applications.
We will continue to develop human resources in a wide range of job categories who will help maximize our corporate value and customer value by creating new ideas while respecting the rights of other parties.