Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Principles of Transitional Measures
第二条(経過措置の原則)
Unless otherwise stipulated in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions (except penal provisions) of the Courts Act, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings, the Patent Act, the Utility Model Act, the Design Act, the Trademarks Act, the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, and the Copyright Act, as amended under this Act, also apply to things that take place before this Act comes into effect; provided, however, that this does not preclude validity arising pursuant to the provisions of these Acts prior to their amendment