In an action to suspend or prevent an infringement under the provisions of Article 24, if a prima facie showing of both of the following grounds has been made with regard to a trade secret (meaning a trade secret as provided in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Act No. 47 of 1993); the same applies hereinafter) held by a party to the action, the court may order the parties, etc., counsel, or an assistant not to use the trade secret for any purpose other than pursuing the action, and not to disclose the trade secret to anyone other than a person subject to the order prescribed in this paragraph provided, however, that this does not apply if the party, etc., counsel, or the assistant had already acquired or held the trade secret by means other than reading the brief prescribed in item (i) or through the examination or disclosure of evidence prescribed in the same item:
裁判所は、第二十四条の規定による侵害の停止又は予防に関する訴訟において、その当事者が保有する営業秘密（不正競争防止法（平成五年法律第四十七号）第二条第六項に規定する営業秘密をいう。以下同じ。）について、次に掲げる事由のいずれにも該当することにつき疎明があつた場合には、当事者の申立てにより、決定で、当事者等、訴訟代理人又は補佐人に対し、当該営業秘密を当該訴訟の追行の目的以外の目的で使用し、又は当該営業秘密に係るこの項の規定による命令を受けた者以外の者に開示してはならない旨を命ずることができる。ただし、その申立ての時までに当事者等、訴訟代理人又は補佐人が第一号に規定する準備書面の閲読又は同号に規定する証拠の取調べ若しくは開示以外の方法により当該営業秘密を取得し、又は保有していた場合は、この限りでない。
the trade secret held by the party, is written in an already-produced or to-be-produced brief, or included in the contents of already-examined or to-be-examined evidence (including documents or electronic or magnetic records disclosed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article); and
the party's business activities based on the trade secret under the preceding item are likely to be hindered by the use of the relevant trade secret for a purpose other than conduct of suit or its disclosure, and it is necessary to restrict the use or disclosure of the trade secret in order to prevent this.
A petition for the order prescribed in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "protective order") must be in writing and include the following matters:
前項の規定による命令（以下「秘密保持命令」という。）の申立ては、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面でしなければならない。
a person to whom the protective order is to be issued;
秘密保持命令を受けるべき者
facts that are sufficient for identifying the trade secret to be the subject to the protective order; and
facts that fall under the grounds listed in each of the items of the preceding paragraph.
前項各号に掲げる事由に該当する事実
When the court issues a protective order, it must serve an electronic decision (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared pursuant to the provisions of the Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of the Article 122 of the Code (limited to one that is recorded in a file stored on a computer used by the court pursuant to the provisions of the Article 253, paragraph (2) of the Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of the Article 122 of the Code); the same applies hereinafter) on the person to whom the protective order was issued.
秘密保持命令が発せられた場合には、その電子決定書（民事訴訟法第百二十二条において準用する同法第二百五十二条第一項の規定により作成された電磁的記録（同法第百二十二条において準用する同法第二百五十三条第二項の規定により裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録されたものに限る。）をいう。以下同じ。）を秘密保持命令を受けた者に送達しなければならない。
A protective order takes effect when an electronic decision is served on the person to whom the protective order was issued.
If the court dismisses a petition for a protective order, the party may lodge an immediate appeal against the decision.
秘密保持命令の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
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「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 80, paragraph (1)
party, etc.machine translation
「当事者等」
In Article 80, paragraph (3) and Article 81, paragraph (1), a party to the lawsuit (or, for a corporation, its representative), or a party's agent (other than counsel or an assistant in court), employee or other worker.
Defined inArticle 80, paragraph (3)· applies only in this provision and in Article 81, paragraph (1)
trade secret
「営業秘密」
Production methods, sales methods or other technical or business information useful for business activities that is kept under control as a secret and is not publicly known.
Defined inArticle 81, paragraph (1)
protective order
「秘密保持命令」
A court order under Article 81, paragraph (1), made by ruling at a party's request in a lawsuit under Article 24 to stop or prevent an infringement, forbidding a party, etc. (当事者等), counsel or assistant in court to use a trade secret (営業秘密) that comes up in the case for any purpose other than conducting the lawsuit, or to disclose it to anyone not bound by such an order.
Short name set inArticle 81, paragraph (2)
electronic decision
「電子決定書」
The electronic record (電磁的記録) of the court's decision issuing a protective order (秘密保持命令), made under Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied by Article 122 of that Code and recorded in a file on the court's computer, which the court must serve on the person bound by the order.
Defined inArticle 81, paragraph (3)
litigation representative
訴訟代理人
A person who carries on a lawsuit on behalf of a party. Apart from an agent whom a law or regulation allows to act in court, only an attorney (弁護士) may be one, though in a summary court (簡易裁判所) the court may permit someone who is not an attorney to be one, and may revoke that permission at any time (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 54). In the case entrusted to them, a litigation representative may carry out the procedural acts for a counterclaim (反訴), a third party joining the suit (参加) (Articles 42 and 47), compulsory execution (強制執行), and the provisional seizure (仮差押え) and provisional disposition (仮処分) that preserve a right sued on, or set a provisional position, in a civil lawsuit (Civil Provisional Remedies Act, Article 1), and may receive payment (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 55, paragraph (1)), but needs special authority to file a counterclaim, withdraw the action, settle, give up the party's claim or accept the other side's (請求の放棄又は認諾), file an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), a final appeal (上告) or a petition to the Supreme Court to accept a final appeal, or withdraw any of these, and appoint a representative, among others (paragraph (2)); their authority cannot be restricted, unless they are not an attorney (paragraph (3)). Where there are several, each represents the party alone, and an arrangement by the party to the contrary has no effect (Article 56); a statement of fact a litigation representative makes has no effect if the party at once retracts or corrects it (Article 57). The authority does not end because the party dies or loses the capacity to sue or be sued, a corporate party ceases to exist by merger, or the party's legal representative (法定代理人) dies or loses their authority, among other events (Article 58, paragraph (1)). Where the authority is lacking, the court must order it put right within a set period, an act done without it takes effect from the time it was done once ratified, and the authority's ending has no effect until the party or the representative notifies the other party (Article 59, applying Article 34, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 36, paragraph (1)). A litigation representative entrusted with a case, other than one acting with a summary court's permission, must as a rule make filings in it through the courts' electronic system, and must register to be served (送達) through it (Article 132-11, paragraphs (1) and (2)).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 34, 36, 42, 47, 54 to 59, 132-11 and Civil Provisional Remedies Act, Art. 1 as a reference.
service
送達
The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries it out of its own motion, the court clerk handles the work (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 98), and the person who effects it reports on it to the court in writing (Article 100, paragraph (1)); the complaint must be served on the defendant (Article 138, paragraph (1)), and the judgment on the parties (Article 255, paragraph (1)). A document is served by post or by a court enforcement officer (執行官) (Article 101, paragraph (1)), as a rule by handing it to the person (Article 102-2), at their address, residence, place of business or office, or at their workplace where those are unknown or service there meets an obstacle (Article 103); each party, legal representative and litigation representative (訴訟代理人) must tell the court a place in Japan where they are to be served (Article 104, paragraph (1)), and service abroad is made at the presiding judge's request to that country's authorities or to a Japanese ambassador, minister or consul there (Article 108). If the person is not found at a place other than their workplace, the document may be handed to an employee or a person living with them who can be trusted to receive it, and if it is refused without a legitimate reason it may be left there (Article 106, paragraphs (1) and (3)); where it cannot be served in those ways, the court clerk may send it by registered mail, and it counts as served when it is sent (Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (3)). An electronic record can also be served through the courts' electronic system on a person who has registered for it, by making it available to them and sending them a notice, and that service takes effect when they view it or save it to their computer, or one week after the notice was sent, whichever comes first (Articles 109-2, paragraph (1), and 109-3, paragraph (1)); a person who must make filings online, such as a litigation representative (訴訟代理人) entrusted with the case, can be served this way even without registering, and without a notice, the week then running from when the record was made available (Articles 109-4 and 132-11, paragraph (1)). Where a party's address or other place for service is unknown, among other cases, the court clerk may serve by publication (公示送達), on petition or where the court orders it, and serves the same party by publication again of the clerk's own motion, as a rule (Article 110, paragraphs (1) to (3)): that the clerk holds the document and will hand it over at any time is made available for anyone to view, by a method the Supreme Court's rules (最高裁判所規則) set, and posted on the court's notice board or shown on a screen at the court (Article 111), and service takes effect two weeks after that begins, or six weeks for service to be made abroad, though one made again of the clerk's own motion takes effect the day after it begins (Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Some time limits run from service: an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), for one, must be filed within two weeks of the day the judgment is served (Article 285).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.