An action against a person that commits any act of unfair competition stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (v), (vii) or (viii), in connection with a trade secret of a trade secret holder conducting business within Japan, may be filed with a Japanese court; provided, however, that this does not apply if the trade secret is used exclusively for business outside Japan.
The provisions of Article 10-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to an action over which the Japanese courts have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "the preceding Section" in that Article is to be replaced with "Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act".
民事訴訟法第十条の二の規定は、前項の規定により日本の裁判所が管轄権を有する訴えについて準用する。この場合において、同条中「前節」とあるのは、「不正競争防止法第十九条の二第一項」と読み替えるものとする。