Intellectual Property (IP) strategy to support Fujitsu’s Purpose

Fujitsu’s Purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. To achieve this, the aim of our intellectual property management policy is to contribute to innovation and new value creation in the Fujitsu Group by strategically building and utilizing intellectual capital, including our technology, our brand and our designs.
Intellectual property management encompasses 2 main aspects. One aspect is contributing to value creation through the development and utilization of an intellectual property portfolio, including the acquisition of intellectual property rights for the Fujitsu Group's intellectual capital.
The other is risk management, which consists of lowering the incidence of risks likely to diminish our corporate or social value, primarily through measures that promote respect for and prevent violations of our rights and those of third parties.

The Fujitsu Group secures the rights to the technologies it has developed and to the brands and designs created through deployment of those technologies in society. Appropriate management of those rights allows us to differentiate our offerings from the technologies and services provided by our competitors, and maintain and strengthen the competitive advantage of our own technologies and services.
To support the search for new growth opportunities, the Fujitsu Group conducts thorough research and analysis of global technology trends, sharing information such as the status of patent applications in strategically important areas. Through its commitment to materiality, the Group must also build broad-based, industry-agnostic partnerships to address a range of sustainability issues. The Group’s commitment to open innovation as well as standardization and rulemaking puts it in a position of active industry leadership, and by pursuing initiatives geared to deployment in society, the Group is also helping to build a value co-creation ecosystem and an environment that fosters innovation. In this way, we are adopting a variety of approaches to contribute to value creation, including through technology, brand and design rights, license management in the area of open innovation, and the establishment of global standards and rules.

One important way to reduce the risk of losing corporate value is by protecting intellectual property. Other parties’ infringements of rights held by the Fujitsu Group not only obstruct the progress of our business strategy, they also have the potential to negatively impact customers’ trust in the Fujitsu brand in a competitive environment. For this reason, we constantly monitor for infringements, and where a possible infringement is discovered that could potentially cause a rights violation, we immediately execute appropriate countermeasures.
Fujitsu’s Code of Conduct which, together with our Purpose and Values makes up the Fujitsu Way, clearly states our commitment to respecting and protecting intellectual property and respecting the intellectual property rights of others, just as they respect our own acquisition of rights to intellectual capital. We have established Rules for Handling Intellectual Property Rights that link this Code of Conduct to specific actions; these rules are being applied to Fujitsu and Group companies in Japan that undertake actions involving intellectual property. We are also striving to reduce the risk of infringement of the rights held by other parties. This entails intellectual property checks such as conducting patent infringement surveys and checking trademarks and design rights throughout the commercialization and development of a product or service. It also involves responding to internal requests for advice concerning the terms and conditions of IP agreements.

The Intellectual Property Organization (the Intellectual Property Division) forms part of the Legal and Intellectual Property Unit and reports to the General Counsel. It comprises the Intellectual Property Management Department, which oversees and manages the company’s intellectual property activities in consultation with management, and the Intellectual Property Center, responsible for building the company’s IP portfolio. In addition to collaboration within the division, the Intellectual Property Division manages intellectual property in collaboration with Fujitsu Techno Research Ltd., which provides IP-related services.
The Intellectual Property Division also collaborates with the Technology Unit headed by the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to implement IP activities that support corporate value creation, rapidly incorporating the Technology, Management, and Business Portfolio strategies, and their progress, into IP strategies and the action plans of the Intellectual Property Division. In addition, at meetings such as the Independent Directors & Auditors Council attended by external directors and auditors, the Head of the Legal and Intellectual Property Unit reports on these IP management strategies and their progress, providing opportunities for discussion with management.

Fujitsu has developed an intellectual property governance framework to make optimal use of its intellectual capital throughout the Fujitsu Group. This ensures that IP-related activities undertaken by Group companies in Japan are integrated. Where a company undertakes independent IP activities as a partial exception, a reporting line is set up and the activity is conducted through close collaboration. We provide IP support (including using reporting lines) for research facilities in 7 countries around the world to ensure that IP management is tailored to the realities of global business.

We are promoting intellectual property activities in order to gain a competitive advantage. These include strengthening collaboration between the Intellectual Property and Research Divisions, and using IP information to analyze the strengths that technologies under development would have in the market (with the Intellectual Property Division providing feedback on the results to the Research Division). We are also identifying and addressing areas in global standardization where international standardization should be actively utilized. Furthermore, to enhance the added value of Uvance offerings, we will continue to deepen the ties between the Intellectual Property and Business divisions to further strengthen our R&D technology-based offerings.

Fujitsu’s key strategies are sustainability-driven, as set out in the Medium-Term Management Plan launched in May 2023. As part of its investment in intellectual property, Fujitsu has focused on its 5 Key Technology Areas (5KTAs). Under the Long-Term Vision 2035 announced in May 2026, the company is further advancing these efforts. In addition to continuing its focus on the 5KTAs, particularly AI and Computing (Quantum), Fujitsu manages patents and other intellectual property rights with future utilization in mind and while taking competitors’ activities into account, thereby securing the competitive advantage of its technologies. Fujitsu also acquires trademark rights aligned with the 5KTAs and its product portfolio to enhance brand value, while monitoring trademark applications, company names, and domain names around the world and taking measures to protect the Fujitsu brand from infringement and other forms of misuse.
The following section introduces the objectives of Fujitsu’s intellectual property activities—including building its intellectual property portfolio, contributing to global standards and rulemaking, and promoting open innovation—as well as examples of how these activities contribute to addressing a wide range of sustainability challenges.

Developing an intellectual property portfolio

Fujitsu has expanded the proportion of its intellectual property portfolio dedicated to its 5 Key Technology Areas (5KTAs) by focusing on these areas, particularly AI and Computing (Quantum). As a result, Fujitsu ranked third in Japan for AI-related patent applications in the Japan Patent Office’s Survey of AI Patent Application Trends (published in October 2025), and ranked first among Japanese companies (fourth globally) in the European Patent Office’s ranking of applicants by the number of International Patent Families in the Computing (Quantum) field. Under the Long-Term Vision 2035, Fujitsu is further optimizing and restructuring its patent portfolio in line with changes to its business portfolio. In addition to continuing to focus on the 5KTAs, particularly AI and Computing (Quantum), the company is developing its patent portfolio with future utilization in mind while taking competitors' activities into account. We will continue to support the implementation of sustainability-driven key strategies within the Fujitsu Group through an intellectual property portfolio designed with future business utilization in mind.

FUJITSU-MONAKA is a general-purpose processor that reduces the power consumed by data centers and other social infrastructure and contributes to the development of a carbon-neutral society. It delivers high energy efficiency by leveraging such unique Fujitsu technologies as Fujitsu-designed microarchitecture, high-speed data processing to provide robust support of a wide range of AI workloads, and low-voltage technologies. In order to build sustainable AI and HPC infrastructure, Fujitsu is developing an IP portfolio that features Fujitsu’s proprietary technologies and is based on consideration of the areas that will be made open to underpin the technologies that contribute to strategic collaboration with partners. In addition, an invention relating to arithmetic processing technology that helped enhance the performance of the K computer and the Fugaku supercomputer received the Prime Minister's Award at the National Commendation for Invention.

Global standardization activities and rulemaking

Cutting-edge technologies do not immediately come into widespread use simply by virtue of their potential, but must be implemented in society and function to open up global markets. They are key to engaging in collaborative efforts and building industry-agnostic ecosystems designed to solve societal challenges. The Fujitsu Group is therefore actively leading the industry through global standardization activities and rulemaking, pursuing initiatives aimed at the social implementation of these technologies. Some examples of those initiatives are given below.

Activities:
Fujitsu participates in the WBCSD/PACT (Partnership for Carbon Transparency) initiative and serves in a leadership role in the Green x Digital Consortium. In addition, as a Platinum Member of The Open Group, Fujitsu actively participates in the OPEN FOOTPRINT™ Forum (OFP)(*1). Through these activities, Fujitsu is leading international and domestic rulemaking for intercompany data sharing and visualization of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the global supply chain. By driving the global implementation of intercompany data sharing, Fujitsu aims to achieve net zero across the value chain.
Achievements:
Fujitsu is leading global efforts toward achieving net zero across the value chain by 2040 through intercompany data sharing of Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) information using primary data from suppliers. In 2024, Fujitsu collaborated across borders with 45 global suppliers in Japan, the United States, France, Taiwan, South Korea, and other countries. Through the Uvance offering Sustainability Value Accelerator, a PACT-compliant solution, the company enabled the exchange of PCF digital data based on internationally recognized de facto standards, accelerating initiatives toward achieving net zero by 2040. Today, this solution is being adopted by customers across a wide range of industries. It enables companies to accurately evaluate suppliers' carbon neutrality efforts, improve the accuracy of PCF calculations, and support the realization of a sustainable society by advancing from GHG emissions visualization to emissions reduction.
In addition, the OPEN FOOTPRINT™ Forum (OFP) has established the world's first open data model standard to support integrated GHG emissions management across industries and throughout the value chain. In September 2025, Fujitsu led the publication of the Business Guide for the GHG emissions data model (*2). Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between WBCSD/PACT and OFP in November 2024 to ensure interoperability, Fujitsu—through its participation in both initiatives—will continue to promote sustainability transformation (SX) and contribute to carbon neutrality and broader societal transformation through collaboration with suppliers.

Open innovation

To help address societal challenges, the Fujitsu Group is promoting open innovation by introducing new licensing schemes, as well as the FUJITSU Technology Licensing Program™ for SDGs, an initiative that enables companies and academic institutions to leverage intellectual property, including patents and know-how, that contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Fujitsu Group is promoting open innovation through the use of intellectual property. In addition to supporting partners in identifying the intellectual property best suited to their needs, Fujitsu proposes licensing schemes tailored to each partner to facilitate the utilization of its technologies.

Sonofai Inc., a Shizuoka-based startup that develops equipment for passing on the skills of master craftspeople through digital technologies, began domestic sales in June 2025 of Sonofai T-01, an automated inspection system equipped with AI that determines the fat content of frozen albacore tuna. The system was jointly developed by Sonofai Inc., Fujitsu, Ishida Tech Co., Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of food processing equipment, and Tokai University (Shizuoka Campus) for use by seafood processors, fisheries cooperatives, and other customers. Under the licensing arrangement, Fujitsu adopted a licensing scheme that includes the acquisition of stock acquisition rights, enabling Sonofai to promote its business utilizing Fujitsu’s ultrasonic analysis AI technology.

Through collaborations under WIPO GREEN, a framework for technology transfer in environmental technologies, intellectual property matching activities with national and local governments, financial institutions, and universities, intellectual property creation education initiatives in partnership with educational institutions, and the use of brand and design to promote an inclusive society, the Fujitsu Group is expanding opportunities for its technologies to be utilized throughout society while contributing to environmental conservation, well-being, and economic growth. Fujitsu believes that continuing these initiatives also contributes to the creation of a wide range of intangible assets, including enhancing the Fujitsu Group's reputation in the global community and strengthening employees' incentives to innovate.

Specifically, by introducing Fujitsu’s patented technologies at intellectual property matching events organized by local governments and financial institutions, the Fujitsu Group licenses its technologies to a wide range of companies and universities, enabling them to create new products and services that help address societal challenges. In addition, Fujitsu conducts intellectual property workshops for students using its technologies as teaching materials, as part of its efforts to foster the next generation of innovators.

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