# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2) - 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 - 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: 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2)（特許権等に関する訴え等に係る訴訟の移送） — address `art-20-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2 - 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. --- ### 第二十条の二（特許権等に関する訴え等に係る訴訟の移送） — (Transfer of Litigation in a Prescribed IP Action) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2 **第一項** 第六条第一項各号に定める裁判所は、特許権等に関する訴えに係る訴訟が同項の規定によりその管轄に専属する場合においても、当該訴訟において審理すべき専門技術的事項を欠くことその他の事情により著しい損害又は遅滞を避けるため必要があると認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、訴訟の全部又は一部を第四条、第五条若しくは第十一条の規定によれば管轄権を有すべき地方裁判所又は第十九条第一項の規定によれば移送を受けるべき地方裁判所に移送することができる。 art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/par-1 Even if the litigation in a prescribed IP action is under the exclusive jurisdiction of a court specified in either item of Article 6, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph, the court, upon petition or sua sponte, may transfer the whole or part of litigation to the district court that has jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, 5, or 11 or the district court that must accept litigation transferred to it pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1), if the court finds this to be necessary in order to avoid substantial harm or delay due to its lack of ability to try a specialized and technical matter that is to be tried through the litigation, or due to other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 東京高等裁判所は、第六条第三項の控訴が提起された場合において、その控訴審において審理すべき専門技術的事項を欠くことその他の事情により著しい損害又は遅滞を避けるため必要があると認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、訴訟の全部又は一部を大阪高等裁判所に移送することができる。 art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-20-2/par-2 At the filing an appeal to the court of second instance as mentioned in Article 6, paragraph (3), the Tokyo High Court, upon petition or sua sponte, may transfer the whole or part of litigation to the Osaka High Court, if it finds this to be necessary in order to avoid substantial harm or delay due to its lack of ability to try a specialized and technical matter that is to be tried by the court of second instance, or due to other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20-2/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/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-1 - art-20-2/par-1: 第四条 → 民事訴訟法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-4 - art-20-2/par-1: 第五条 → 民事訴訟法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-5 - art-20-2/par-1: 第十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11 - art-20-2/par-1: 第十九条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-19/par-1 - art-20-2/par-2: 第六条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第六条第三項 (Article 6, paragraph (3)), art-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-6/par-3 - 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/ja/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/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-310-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-310-2/par-1 --- ## 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