# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二百六十九条の二 (Article 269-2)

- Law: 民事訴訟法 (Code of Civil Procedure), 平成八年法律第百九号
- English title "Code of Civil Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第二百六十九条の二 (Article 269-2)（特許権等に関する訴えに係る事件における合議体の構成） — address `art-269-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2
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### 第二百六十九条の二（特許権等に関する訴えに係る事件における合議体の構成） — (Composition of the Panel for a Case in a Prescribed IP Action)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-269-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2</sup>

  **第一項**  第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所においては、特許権等に関する訴えに係る事件について、五人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をその合議体ですることができる。ただし、第二十条の二第一項の規定により移送された訴訟に係る事件については、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/par-1</sup>
  In the courts specified in each item of Article 6, paragraph (1), a panel of five judges may rule that it will conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision on a case in a prescribed IP action; provided, however, that this does not apply to a case involving litigation that has been transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前条第二項の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。
  <sup>art-269-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-269-2/par-1: 第六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1
- art-269-2/par-1: 第二十条の二第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/par-1
- art-269-2/par-2: 前条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条第二項 (Article 269, paragraph (2)), art-269/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269/par-2
- art-269-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条の二第一項 (Article 269-2, paragraph (1)), art-269-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条の二第二項（特許権等に関する訴えに係る事件における合議体の構成） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/par-2
- 民事訴訟法 附則第三条第二項（特許権等に関する訴え及び意匠権等に関する訴えに係る訴訟の管轄等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4151-108/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4151-108/art-3/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
