Article 42-2Reproduction for Examination and Similar Proceedings; Related Matters
第四十二条の二（審査等の手続における複製等）
It is permissible to reproduce a work if and to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the following proceedings; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature and purpose of the work, the number of copies that would be made, and the circumstances of its reproduction:
proceedings involved in a patent, industrial design, or trademark examination, the technical valuation of a utility model, or an international search or international preliminary examination for an international application (meaning international applications provided for in Article 2 of the Act on International Applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Act No. 30 of 1978)) by an administrative agency;
行政庁の行う特許、意匠若しくは商標に関する審査、実用新案に関する技術的な評価又は国際出願（特許協力条約に基づく国際出願等に関する法律（昭和五十三年法律第三十号）第二条に規定する国際出願をいう。）に関する国際調査若しくは国際予備審査に関する手続
proceedings regarding an administrative agency's examination of a variety (meaning the variety as provided in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act (Act No. 83 of 1998)) or investigation of a registered variety (meaning the registered variety as provided in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the same Act);
行政庁の行う品種（種苗法（平成十年法律第八十三号）第二条第二項に規定する品種をいう。）に関する審査又は登録品種（同法第二十条第一項に規定する登録品種をいう。）に関する調査に関する手続
proceedings regarding an administrative agency's registration of specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs (meaning specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs as provided in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Protection of Names of Specific Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Foodstuffs (Act No. 84 of 2014); hereinafter the same applies in this item) under Article 6 of the same Act or designation of specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs of foreign countries under Article 23, paragraph (1) of the same Act;
行政庁の行う特定農林水産物等（特定農林水産物等の名称の保護に関する法律（平成二十六年法律第八十四号）第二条第二項に規定する特定農林水産物等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）についての同法第六条の登録又は外国の特定農林水産物等についての同法第二十三条第一項の指定に関する手続
proceedings regarding an administrative agency's or incorporated administrative agency's examination or investigation of pharmaceutical affairs (the pharmaceutical affairs include particulars of medical devices (meaning medical devices as provided in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960)) and regenerative medicine products (meaning regenerative medicine products as provided in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the same Act); the same applies hereinafter in this item), or proceedings regarding a report about pharmaceutical affairs submitted to an administrative agency or incorporated administrative agency;
行政庁若しくは独立行政法人の行う薬事（医療機器（医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十五年法律第百四十五号）第二条第四項に規定する医療機器をいう。）及び再生医療等製品（同条第九項に規定する再生医療等製品をいう。）に関する事項を含む。以下この号において同じ。）に関する審査若しくは調査又は行政庁若しくは独立行政法人に対する薬事に関する報告に関する手続
beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, proceedings that Cabinet Order prescribes as being similar thereto.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、これらに類するものとして政令で定める手続
It is permissible to make a public transmission of a work or to publicly communicate it through a receiver, to the extent that this is found to be necessary for the proceedings set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph that are conducted using electronic or magnetic records or accompanied by the transmission and reception of images or sounds; provided, however, that this does not apply if the action would unreasonably prejudice the interests of the copyright owner in light of the nature and purpose of the work and the circumstances of its public transmission or communication.
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著作物は、次に掲げる手続のために必要と認められる場合には、その必要と認められる限度において、複製することができる。ただし、当該著作物の種類及び用途並びにその複製の部数及び態様に照らし著作権者の利益を不当に害することとなる場合は、この限りでない。
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proceedings involved in a patent, industrial design, or trademark examination, the technical valuation of a utility model, or an international search or international preliminary examination for an…
行政庁の行う特許、意匠若しくは商標に関する審査、実用新案に関する技術的な評価又は国際出願（特許協力条約に基づく国際出願等に関する法律（昭和五十三年法律第三十号）第二条に規定する国際出願をいう。）に関する国際調査若しくは国際予備審査に関する手続
Open this provisionReproduction for Examination and Similar Proceedings; Related Matters
proceedings regarding an administrative agency's examination of a variety (meaning the variety as provided in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act (Act No. 83 of…
行政庁の行う品種（種苗法（平成十年法律第八十三号）第二条第二項に規定する品種をいう。）に関する審査又は登録品種（同法第二十条第一項に規定する登録品種をいう。）に関する調査に関する手続
Open this provisionReproduction for Examination and Similar Proceedings; Related Matters
proceedings regarding an administrative agency's registration of specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs…
行政庁の行う特定農林水産物等（特定農林水産物等の名称の保護に関する法律（平成二十六年法律第八十四号）第二条第二項に規定する特定農林水産物等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）についての同法第六条の登録又は外国の特定農林水産物等についての同法第二十三条第一項の指定に関する手続
Open this provisionReproduction for Examination and Similar Proceedings; Related Matters
proceedings regarding an administrative agency's or incorporated administrative agency's examination or investigation of pharmaceutical affairs…
行政庁若しくは独立行政法人の行う薬事（医療機器（医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十五年法律第百四十五号）第二条第四項に規定する医療機器をいう。）及び再生医療等製品（同条第九項に規定する再生医療等製品をいう。）に関する事項を含む。以下この号において同じ。）に関する審査若しくは調査又…
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「公衆送信」
Transmitting by radio or wire communication so that the public receives it directly, other than transmitting by telecommunications equipment whose parts are all within the same premises (or, where several occupy the premises, within the area one occupies), unless what is sent is a computer program work.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii-2)· applies throughout the law
reproduction
「複製」
Reproducing a work in tangible form by printing, photography, photocopying, sound or visual recording or any other means; for a script or similar work for the stage it includes recording a stage performance, broadcast or cablecast of it, and for an architectural work it includes completing a building according to its architectural drawings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xv)· applies throughout the law
incorporated administrative agency
「独立行政法人」
An incorporated administrative agency as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies: a corporation set up, as a medium-term objectives agency, a national research and development agency or an administrative execution agency, to carry out effectively and efficiently public work that must be done reliably, that the national government need not do itself, and that might not get done if left to the private sector or must be done by a single body.
Defined inArticle 13, paragraph (1), item (ii)
work
「著作物」
In Subsection 5 of Section 3 of Chapter II, a work (著作物) in the narrow sense that is the subject of a copyright, not the wider 著作物等 (works, performances, phonograms, broadcasts and cablecasts) that the Ministry's English also calls 'work'.
Short name set inArticle 30, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
electronic or magnetic record
「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 31, paragraph (2), item (ii)
specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffsmachine translation
「特定農林水産物等」
In Article 42-2, paragraph (1), item (iii), specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Protection of Names of Specific Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Foodstuffs: those produced in a particular place, region or country whose quality, reputation or other established characteristics are mainly attributable to that place of production.
Defined inArticle 42-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this item