Tackling counterfeit items is still the most important issue, but at the same time, we will also be working on various issues relating to "intellectual property rights" of the automotive parts industry, such as technology leakage problems, training of person experts in intellectual property human resources, research on overseas patent trends. We are implementing activities targeting these issues.
The sub-committee is being operated by the following 21 member companies as of April 2018.
(Member companies of the sub-comittee)
Chairman company: AISIN SEIKI Co., Ltd
Vice chairman companies: JTEKT Corporation and Yazaki Corporation.
Member companies: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., NOK Co., Ltd., Omron Automotive Electronics Corporation, Calsonic Kansei Corporation, KYB Corporation, Keihin Corporation ) Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., SHOWA Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION, Toyota Industries Corporation, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.,
Nifco Corporation, Nippon Kouji Kaisha Ltd., , PIOLUCS CORPORATION, Bosch Corporation