Partnership
Collaborative Creation Partnership
Canon is committed to co-creation with external partners under the corporate philosophy of kyosei (harmoniously living and working together), and participates as a founding member in the AIST Innovation Ecosystem Program, an initiative jointly carried out by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and private companies.
The program promotes co-creation through intellectual property. Participants in the program transfer their patents to AIST, which then licenses these patents along with its own patents to technology recipients. AIST receives licensing revenue from these recipients and invests it in new research and development to create the next generation of groundbreaking technologies. Participants are granted free access to AIST’s research outcomes and can leverage the collaborative results in their own business operations.
As a program participant, Canon contributes to innovation through co-creation and aims for further advancement by utilizing the cutting-edge research outcomes generated through this collaborative ecosystem.
Other projects
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Collaborative Creation Partnership
Canon participates in the AIST Innovation Ecosystem Program as a founding member. Canon contributes to advancement of social innovation through collaborative co-creation.
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Advancing the IP system in Japan and beyond by participation in government committees and study groups
Canon's Intellectual Property professionals often participate in government committees and study groups, and make various recommendations and proposals to such bodies as a global company.
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Committee activities and opinion sharing of executives of corporate organizations
Kenichi Nagasawa, Head of Corporate Intellectual Property and Legal Headquarters Managing Executive Officer, Canon Inc., holds positions in a number of organizations in the intellectual property industry, including as Chairman, Sub-Committee on Policy Planning, Committee on Intellectual Property of Keidanren, Vice Chairperson of the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), and President of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN.
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Exchange opinions with patent offices around the world
Through meeting with patent offices around the world, Canon contributes to improvement of the operation of the global intellectual property system.
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Leading the IP world in measures against PAEs
Canon established LOT network in collaboration with five companies including Google. The LOT network protects member companies from patent litigations by PAEs.
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