# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第六条 (Article 6) - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第六条 (Article 6)（特許権等に関する訴え等の管轄） — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六条（特許権等に関する訴え等の管轄） — (Jurisdiction over Prescribed IP Actions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6 **第一項** 特許権、実用新案権、回路配置利用権又はプログラムの著作物についての著作者の権利に関する訴え（以下「特許権等に関する訴え」という。）について、前二条の規定によれば次の各号に掲げる裁判所が管轄権を有すべき場合には、その訴えは、それぞれ当該各号に定める裁判所の管轄に専属する。 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 In an action involving a patent right, utility model right, a layout-design exploitation right for an integrated circuit, or an author's right to a work of computer programming (referred to below as a "prescribed IP action"), if a court listed in the first portion of either of the following items would have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, the action is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the court specified in the latter portion of that item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 東京高等裁判所、名古屋高等裁判所、仙台高等裁判所又は札幌高等裁判所の管轄区域内に所在する地方裁判所　東京地方裁判所 art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1/item-1 a district court located within the territorial jurisdiction of the Tokyo High Court, the Nagoya High Court, the Sendai High Court, or the Sapporo High Court:the Tokyo District Court; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 大阪高等裁判所、広島高等裁判所、福岡高等裁判所又は高松高等裁判所の管轄区域内に所在する地方裁判所　大阪地方裁判所 art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1/item-2 a district court located within the territorial jurisdiction of the Osaka High Court, the Hiroshima High Court, the Fukuoka High Court, or the Takamatsu High Court:the Osaka District Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特許権等に関する訴えについて、前二条の規定により前項各号に掲げる裁判所の管轄区域内に所在する簡易裁判所が管轄権を有する場合には、それぞれ当該各号に定める裁判所にも、その訴えを提起することができる。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-2 In a prescribed IP action, if a summary court located within the territorial jurisdiction of a court listed in the first portion of one of the items of the preceding paragraph would have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, the action may also be filed with the court specified in the latter portion of that item. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項第二号に定める裁判所が第一審としてした特許権等に関する訴えについての終局判決に対する控訴は、東京高等裁判所の管轄に専属する。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訴えについての終局判決に対する控訴については、この限りでない。 art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-3 An appeal to the court of second instance against a final judgment that the court specified in paragraph (1), item (ii) has entered as the court of first instance in a prescribed IP action, is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo High Court; provided, however, that this does not apply to an appeal to the court of second instance against a final judgment in an action if litigation has been transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6/par-1: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-4 - art-6/par-1: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-5 - art-6/par-2: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-4 - art-6/par-2: 前二条 → 民事訴訟法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-5 - art-6/par-2: 前項 → 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-6/par-3: 第一項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第一項第二号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-6/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1/item-2 - art-6/par-3: 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 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第六条第二項（特許権等に関する訴え等の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第六条第三項（特許権等に関する訴え等の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第六条の二第一項第一号（意匠権等に関する訴えの管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6-2/par-1/item-1 - 民事訴訟法 第六条の二第一項第二号（意匠権等に関する訴えの管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6-2/par-1/item-2 - 民事訴訟法 第七条第一項（併合請求における管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-7/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第十三条第一項（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第十三条第二項（専属管轄の場合の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-13/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二十条第二項（専属管轄の場合の移送の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二十条の二第一項（特許権等に関する訴え等に係る訴訟の移送） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二十条の二第二項（特許権等に関する訴え等に係る訴訟の移送） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第二項（中間確認の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百四十六条第二項（反訴） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-146/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条の二第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第二百九十九条第二項（第一審の管轄違いの主張の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-299/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-299/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十条の二第一項（特許権等に関する訴えに係る控訴事件における合議体の構成） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-310-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-310-2/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第三百十二条第二項第三号（上告の理由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-312/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-312/par-2/item-3 --- ## 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