Epson Selected to IAM's 2025 Asia IP Elite
Announcement posted by Epson Australia 11 Dec 2025
Epson has been selected to be among "The 2025 Asia IP Elite" by Intellectual Asset Management ("IAM"), a global intellectual property media outlet.
The Asia IP Elite recognises companies and organisations that excel in intellectual property value creation as determined by IAM based on its annual evaluations of companies and organisations.
In 2025, 101 companies in the Asia-Oceania region were selected and an award ceremony was held during IPBC Asia 2025.
Epson has been selected for this honour for 11 consecutive years since 2013(1).
Epson's strength lies in their patent portfolio centred on inkjet and piezo technologies, boasting top-class positions in Japan, the United States and China(2). Furthermore, Epson maintains high competitiveness in projector and robotics fields.
Epson has defined five levels in the value hierarchy(3) of its intellectual property activities. Epson has reached Level 4, where IP activities are fully integrated with business strategy and is now striving toward Level 5, aimed at accelerating innovation and strengthening the Epson brand.
In addition to cross-licensing and anti-counterfeiting measures, Epson focuses on IP utilisation to support open innovation and co-creation with startups.
Epson will continue to convert intellectual property into corporate value, contributing to sustainable growth and the creation of a better future.
For more on Epson's Intellectual Property Activities go to:
https://corporate.epson/en/technology/intellectual-property
About The Asia IP Elite
Every year, IAM evaluates the intellectual property activities of companies and organisations and selects the top-performers that demonstrate excellence in intellectual property value creation. The award recognises companies that incorporate intellectual property strategy into their core business operations and that proactively utilise intellectual property and resolve IP disputes. These companies are selected for their innovative approaches in converting intellectual property into corporate values.
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Epson's Asia IP Elite 2025 award plaque
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(1)Cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2)Epson website: "Intellectual Property Strategy" - "Rights Acquisition Strategy" - Ranking of patents by technical field.
(3)Epson website: "Intellectual Property Strategy" - "Value Hierarchy of Intellectual Property Activities."
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About Epson, Epson Australia and Epson New Zealand
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion.
https://corporate.epson/en
Epson Australia offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the commercial, industrial, consumer, business, photography and graphic arts markets, and is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the retail market. Epson is the market leader in Australia and worldwide in sales of projectors for the home, office and education. Established in 1983 Epson Australia is headquartered in North Sydney, NSW and is a subsidiary of the Epson Group headquartered in Japan.
Epson New Zealand offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the commercial, industrial, consumer, business, photography and graphic arts markets, and is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the retail market. Epson is a market leader in New Zealand, Australia and worldwide in sales of projectors for the home, office and education. Epson New Zealand is headquartered in Auckland and is a branch of Epson Australia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of the Epson Group headquartered in Japan.
www.epson.co.nz