# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第十四条 (Article 14)

- Law: 不正競争防止法 (Unfair Competition Prevention Act), 平成五年法律第四十七号
- English title "Unfair Competition Prevention 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: 第十四条 (Article 14)（信用回復の措置） — address `art-14`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-14
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### 第十四条（信用回復の措置） — (Measures to Restore Business Reputation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  故意又は過失により不正競争を行って他人の営業上の信用を害した者に対しては、裁判所は、その営業上の信用を害された者の請求により、損害の賠償に代え、又は損害の賠償とともに、その者の営業上の信用を回復するのに必要な措置を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-14/par-1</sup>
Upon the request of a person whose business reputation has been harmed, the court may order the person that has intentionally or negligently engaged in unfair competition and thereby injured the business reputation of that other person to take necessary measures to restore the other person's business reputation, in lieu of or in addition to compensation for loss or damage.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 不正競争防止法 第十九条第一項（適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19/par-1
- 不正競争防止法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4051-47/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4051-47/art-4/par-1
- 不正競争防止法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4051-47/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4051-47/art-6/par-1
- 不正競争防止法 附則第二条第一項（不正競争防止法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4301-33/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4301-33/art-2/par-1
- 不正競争防止法 附則第二条第一項（不正競争防止法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5051-51/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-5051-51/art-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 不正競争防止法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/405AC0000000047/20260521_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 不正競争防止法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
