# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第百十四条の七 (Article 114-7)

- Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号
- English title "Copyright Act": 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: 第百十四条の七 (Article 114-7)（秘密保持命令の取消し） — address `art-114-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7
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### 第百十四条の七（秘密保持命令の取消し） — (Cancelation of a Confidentiality Protective Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-114-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7</sup>

**第一項**  秘密保持命令の申立てをした者又は秘密保持命令を受けた者は、訴訟記録の存する裁判所（訴訟記録の存する裁判所がない場合にあつては、秘密保持命令を発した裁判所）に対し、前条第一項に規定する要件を欠くこと又はこれを欠くに至つたことを理由として、秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てをすることができる。
<sup>art-114-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-1</sup>
A person that petitions for a confidentiality protective order or a person that becomes subject to a confidentiality protective order may file a petition with the court that has cases record on file (if there is no such court, with the court that issued the order) to cancel the confidentiality protective order, on the grounds that any of the conditions referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are lacking or have come to be lacking.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てについての裁判があつた場合には、その電子決定書をその申立てをした者及び相手方に送達しなければならない。
<sup>art-114-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-2</sup>
Once the judicial decision is reached on a petition to cancel a confidentiality protective order, the electronic written ruling must be served on the person that has filed the petition and on the adverse party.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てについての裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
<sup>art-114-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-3</sup>
An immediate appeal against a ruling may be filed against a judicial decision on a petition to cancel a confidentiality protective order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  秘密保持命令を取り消す裁判は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。
<sup>art-114-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-4</sup>
A judicial decision canceling a confidentiality protective order does not take effect until it becomes final and binding.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  裁判所は、秘密保持命令を取り消す裁判をした場合において、秘密保持命令の取消しの申立てをした者又は相手方以外に当該秘密保持命令が発せられた訴訟において当該営業秘密に係る秘密保持命令を受けている者があるときは、その者に対し、直ちに、秘密保持命令を取り消す裁判をした旨を通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-114-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-7/par-5</sup>
If the court reaches a judicial decision to cancel a confidentiality protective order, and any person other than the person that has filed the petition to cancel the confidentiality protective order or the adverse party is subject to a confidentiality protective order involving the relevant trade secret in the litigation in which such confidentiality protective order was issued, the court must immediately notify such person that it has reached a judicial decision to cancel the confidentiality protective order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-114-7/par-1: 前条第一項 → 著作権法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 著作権法 第百十四条の六第三項（秘密保持命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-114-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-114-6/par-3
- 著作権法 附則第三条第一項第五号（特許法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4161-120/art-3/par-1/item-5
- 著作権法 附則第六十二条第一項（著作権法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-5041-48/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-5041-48/art-62/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 著作権法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch copyright-act-20261019T151240-010, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
