About Us
Introduction
NTT Group, which engages in R&D, from basic to applied, in a wide range of technological fields, has accumulated intellectual property investments (R&D investments) over the years as a telecommunications operator that are unparalleled around the globe.
The NTT Intellectual Property Center has established an Activity Policy to provide security and safety and support the growth of the NTT Group's businesses as they continue to take on the challenge of creating new value and contributing to the sustainability of the planet. It promotes the formulation of an intellectual property strategy and appropriate protections for the intellectual property gained from our investments, all while respecting the intellectual property of others.
Greetings
Senior Vice President, Head of NTT Intellectual Property Center
Mamoru Hyodo
Intellectual Property Management
Our Approach to Intellectual Property
The business activities of the NTT Group are sustained by products and services derived from the results of our aggressiveR&D. For this reason, we believe that appropriate protection and utilization of intellectual property generated by R&D is vital for the NTT Group to achieve continuous growth, which in turn will enable us to continue contributing to our customers and society at large. We strive to protect the intellectual property of the NTT Group and promote activities that respect the intellectual property of others in every aspect of our business activities.
System of Intellectual Property Management
NTT protects the results of its R&D to maintain its competitive edge, but at the same time strives to utilize its intellectual property for promoting industrial innovation and a sustainable society through various activities such as standardization and licensing. Under the leadership of the NTT Intellectual Property Center, NTT has established policies for intellectual property activities involving the entire NTT Group and also provides support and coordination for the use and management of intellectual properties, aggregates the opinions within the Group on the intellectual property system and disseminates information outside the Group.
Protection of Third Party Intellectual Property
In order to prevent the infringement of domestic and overseas third party rights, NTT examines the third party rights of technologies used in our business at every step from the early stage of research and development up to the provision of the developed technologies to Group companies. NTT also strives to enhance the Group's compliance with intellectual property laws and regulations in Japan and abroad and mitigate potential business risks by sharing among the Group companiesinformation on system amendments, trends concerning intellectual property including disputes and court cases.
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Environment around NTT Intellectual Property Center
NTT Intellectual Property Center is in charge of promoting the Corporate activities related to the intellectual properties owned by NTT and NTT affiliates. It draws up activity guidelines applicable to all affiliates, coordinates the management of intellectual properties and supports affiliates against legal affairs.
Promoting standardization and global deployment of NTT technologies
In response to the globalization of markets and increasingly fierce competition of technologies, NTT, synthesizing its own and third party technologies, is promoting market penetration and business deployment of quality technologies actively and strategically.
In today's rapidly changing socio-economic environment, the role and importance of intellectual property are becoming even more important for companies, in order to continue global growth development.
Intellectual property has been used primarily to protect the company's business from infringement by others and to maintain and enhance its competitiveness. In recent years, however, the usage scenario of intellectual property is expanding. For example, it has become a tool for creating business alliance and open innovation.
Interest in and expectations for such strategies for investment and utilization of intellectual property are increasing day by day. Intellectual property have come to have important implications for corporate management. The Intellectual Property Center will promote wide variety of intellectual property activities in order to realize NTT Group's medium-term management strategy while respecting the rights of others.