# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第三条 (Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Article 3)（差止請求権） — address `art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-3 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条（差止請求権） — (Right to Claim for an Injunction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-3 **第一項** 不正競争によって営業上の利益を侵害され、又は侵害されるおそれがある者は、その営業上の利益を侵害する者又は侵害するおそれがある者に対し、その侵害の停止又は予防を請求することができる。 art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-3/par-1 A person whose business interests have been or are likely to be harmed by infringement through unfair competition may file a claim against the person to suspend or prevent the infringement that has or is likely to harm business interests. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 不正競争によって営業上の利益を侵害され、又は侵害されるおそれがある者は、前項の規定による請求をするに際し、侵害の行為を組成した物（侵害の行為により生じた物を含む。）の廃棄、侵害の行為に供した設備の除却その他の侵害の停止又は予防に必要な行為を請求することができる。 art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-3/par-2 When filing a claim under the preceding paragraph, the person whose business interests have been or are likely to be harmed through unfair competition may request the destruction of things that constitute the act of infringement (including things created through the act of infringement), the removal of equipment used in the act of infringement, or any other actions necessary to suspend or prevent the infringement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-3/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-3/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第三条第二項（差止請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-3/par-2 - 不正競争防止法 第十五条第一項（消滅時効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-15/par-1 - 不正競争防止法 第十五条第二項（消滅時効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-15/par-2 - 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 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-4051-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/suppl-4051-47/art-3/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 --- ## 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