# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第十九条の二 (Article 19-2) - 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: 第十九条の二 (Article 19-2)（営業秘密に関する訴えの管轄権） — address `art-19-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2 - 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. --- ### 第十九条の二（営業秘密に関する訴えの管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Actions Involving Trade Secrets) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2 **第一項** 日本国内において事業を行う営業秘密保有者の営業秘密であって、日本国内において管理されているものに関する第二条第一項第四号、第五号、第七号又は第八号に掲げる不正競争を行った者に対する訴えは、日本の裁判所に提起することができる。ただし、当該営業秘密が専ら日本国外において事業の用に供されるものである場合は、この限りでない。 art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2/par-1 An action against a person that commits any act of unfair competition stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (v), (vii) or (viii), in connection with a trade secret of a trade secret holder conducting business within Japan, may be filed with a Japanese court; provided, however, that this does not apply if the trade secret is used exclusively for business outside Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 民事訴訟法第十条の二の規定は、前項の規定により日本の裁判所が管轄権を有する訴えについて準用する。この場合において、同条中「前節」とあるのは、「不正競争防止法第十九条の二第一項」と読み替えるものとする。 art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2/par-2 The provisions of Article 10-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to an action over which the Japanese courts have jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "the preceding Section" in that Article is to be replaced with "Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-2/par-1: 第二条第一項第四号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-4 - art-19-2/par-1: 第五号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-5 - art-19-2/par-1: 第七号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第七号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-2/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-7 - art-19-2/par-1: 第八号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第八号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-2/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-8 - art-19-2/par-2: 民事訴訟法第十条の二 → e-Gov law 408AC0000000109, 第十条の二 (Article 10-2), art-10-2 — not held in this collection - art-19-2/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条の二第一項 (Article 19-2, paragraph (1)), art-19-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第十九条の二第二項（営業秘密に関する訴えの管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-2/par-2 --- ## 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