In litigation involving infringement that may harm business interests through unfair competition, if a prima facie showing is made that trade secrets held by a party to the litigation fall under both of the following grounds, the court, at the request of the party, may, by ruling, order a party, etc., counsel, or assistant in court not to use the trade secrets for any purpose other than conducting the litigation, or not to disclose them to any person other than one subject to the order under this paragraph concerning the trade secrets; provided, however, that this does not apply if the party, etc., counsel, or assistant in court had already acquired or held the trade secrets by means other than reading the brief prescribed in item (i) or the examination or disclosure of evidence prescribed in the same item by the time the request was made:
裁判所は、不正競争による営業上の利益の侵害に係る訴訟において、その当事者が保有する営業秘密について、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った場合には、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 secrets held by the party are written in an already-produced or a to-be-produced brief, or are included in the contents of already-examined or to-be-examined evidence (including documents or electronic or magnetic records disclosed pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (3), or a document or electronic or magnetic record disclosed pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (4)); and
the party's business activities based on the trade secrets under the preceding item are likely to be hindered if the trade secrets are used for purposes other than conducting the litigation or are disclosed; it is necessary to restrict the use or disclosure of the trade secrets to prevent such hindrance.
A petition for the order under the preceding paragraph (referred to as "protective order" below) must be made in writing and include the following information:
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。
the 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 secrets that are to be made the subject of the protective order; and
facts that fall within the grounds stated in the respective items of the preceding paragraph.
前項各号に掲げる事由に該当する事実
If a protective order has been issued, the electronic written ruling (meaning an electronic or magnetic record created pursuant to the provisions of Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of that Act (limited to one recorded, pursuant to the provisions of Article 253, paragraph (2) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of that Act, in a file kept on a computer (including input/output devices) used by the court); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (2) of the following Article) must be served on the person to whom the protective order has been issued.
A protective order takes effect when an electronic written ruling is served on the person to whom the protective order has been issued.
If the court dismisses a petition for a protective order, the party may file an immediate appeal against the judicial 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。