text: Intellectual Property Rights 
  Nissan owns a wide variety of proprietary technologies and has the 
  expertise to differentiate Nissan’s products making them unique from 
  those of its competitors. These assets have proven their value in the 
  growth of Nissan’s business and will, no doubt, continue to be of value in 
  the future. Nissan strives to protect its intellectual property assets; 
  however, in certain markets, Nissan may encounter difficulty in fully 
  protecting the proprietary rights to its own technologies. Cases may arise 
  where Nissan finds itself unable to prohibit others from infringing on its 
  intellectual property rights. 
  
  • Unfavorable political or economic factors 
  • Legal or regulatory changes 
  • Potentially adverse tax consequences 
  • Labor disputes including strikes 
  • Difficulties in recruiting and retaining personnel 
  • Social, political or economic turmoil due to terrorism, war, or other 
  The Company has established Intellectual Property Rights Management 
  Department for the purpose of protecting intellectual property rights in 
  specific areas, strengthening activities to protect Nissan’s intellectual 
  property rights, and abstracting new intellectual property rights. And the 
  department has been performing various activities to protect and create 
  Nissan Brand. 
  destabilizing factors. 
  
  Research and Development 
  Nissan’s technology must be “real world”—useful, pragmatic and easy to 
  use. Nissan anticipates the nature and scope of the market demand, and 
  then prioritizes and invests in new technologies. Nonetheless, any sudden 
  and greater-than-anticipated changes in its business environment or in 
  customer preferences may impact negatively on customer satisfaction with 
  these new technologies. 