WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/JPN/1
1March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0771)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Japan
Thefollowing communication, dated 30January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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TheGovernment ofJapan, inaccordance withArticle 63.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related
Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights anddocuments IP/C/2, IP/C/4 andIP/C/3, notifies itslaws
andregulations totheCouncil forTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights.
Thefollowing isalistoflawsandregulations being notified.
1. Main dedicated intellectual property lawsandregulations:
(1) Copyright Law(English andJapanese)1;
(2) Trademark Law(English andJapanese)2;
(3) Design Law(English andJapanese)3;
(4) Unfair Competition Prevention Law(English andJapanese)4;
(5) Patent Law(Japanese only)*;
(6) Seeds andSeedlings Law(Japanese only)*;
(7) Actconcerningthecircuitlayoutofasemi-conductorintegratedcircuit(Japaneseonly)*;
(8) Customs Tariff Law(Japanese only)*.
2. Other lawsandregulations
Alllawsandregulations inthiscategory arenotified onlyinJapanese. Thelisting ofother
lawsandregulations isattached herewith.
1Seedocument IP/N/1/JPN/C/1.
2Seedocument IP/N/1/JPN/T/1.
3Seedocument IP/N/1/JPN/D/1.
4Seedocument IP/N/1/JPN/I/1
*TheJapanese delegation hasinformed theSecretariat thattherequired translations ofthese lawswillbesubmitted
atthetimespecified intheschedule adopted bytheCouncil forTRIPS asreproduced indocument IP/C/3.IP/N/1/JPN/1
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ANNEX
LIST OFOTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS
TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Trademarks
Regulation under theTrademark Law
(Ordinance No.13oftheMinistry of
International Trade andIndustry of8March
1960, aslastamended byOrdinance No.57
oftheMinistry ofInternational Trade and
Industry of27June1995)
promulgated on27June1995
entered intoforce on1January 1996
Geographical Indications
Standard forIndication inRelation to
Geographic Indication (Notification No.4
oftheNational TaxAdministration of
28December 1994)
promulgated on28December 1994
entered intoforce on1July1995
Actagainst Unjustifiable Premiums and
Misleading Representations (Law No.134
of15May1962, aslastamended bylaw
No.89of12November 1993)
promulgated on12November 1993
entered intoforce on1October 1994TheRegulation toimplement theTrademark
Law(Law No.127of13April 1959, aslast
amended bylawNo.116of14December
1994).
Thestandard toimplement paragraph 1of
Article 23oftheTRIPS Agreement.
Actagainst Unjustifiable Premiums and
Misleading Representations prevents
inducement ofcustomers bymeans of
misleading representations, etc.,interms of
ensuring faircompetition. Among theactions
provided forinparagraph 2(a)ofArticle 22of
theTRIPS Agreement, falserepresentations of
theplace oforigin misleading consumers in
general areprohibited byArticle 4(Prohibition
ofMisleading Representation) oftheAct.IP/N/1/JPN/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Industrial Designs
Regulation under theDesign Law(Ordinance
No.12oftheMinistry ofInternational Trade
andIndustry of8March 1960, aslast
amended byOrdinance No.57ofthe
Ministry ofInternational Trade andIndustry
of27June1995)
promulgated on27June1995
entered intoforce on1January 1996
Patents (Including Plant Variety
Protection)
Regulation under thePatent Law(Ordinance
No.10oftheMinistry ofInternational Trade
andIndustry of8March 1960, aslast
amended byOrdinance No.57ofthe
Ministry ofInternational Trade andIndustry
of27June1995)
promulgated on27June1995
entered intoforce on1January 1996
Anti-monopoly ActConcerning Prohibition
ofPrivate Monopoly andMaintenance ofFair
Trade (Law No.54of14April 1947, aslast
amended byLawNo.89of12November
1993)
promulgated on12November 1993
entered intoforce on1October 1994
Protection ofUndisclosed Information
National Public Service Law(Law No.120
of21October 1947, aslastamended byLaw
No.33of15June1994)
promulgated on15June1994
entered intoforce on1September 1994TheRegulation toimplement theDesign Law
(Law No.125of13April 1959, aslast
amended byLawNo.116of14December
1994)
TheRegulation toimplement thePatent Law
(Law No.121of13April 1959 aslast
amended byLawNo.116of14December
1994)
Article 100oftheAnti-monopoly Act
(Revocation ofPatent Rights orPatent
Licences) provides thatitisthecourt that
makes thedeclaration ofrevocation ofpatent
rights orpatent licences. Therefore, an
opportunity forjudicial review ofdecisions to
revoke orforfeit apatent shallbeavailable.
Thisprovision implements Article 32ofthe
TRIPS Agreement.
Article 100ofthisLawcontains provisions
relating toparagraph 3ofArticle 39ofthe
TRIPS Agreement.IP/N/1/JPN/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Prevention oftheAbuse ofIntellectual
Property Rights
National Public Service Law(Law No.120
of21October 1947, aslastamended by
LawNo.54of31March 1995)
promulgated on31March 1995
entered intoforce on1April 1996
Anti-monopoly ActConcerning Prohibition
ofPrivate Monopoly andMaintenance ofFair
Trade (Law No.54of14April 1947, aslast
amended byLawNo.89of12November
1993)
promulgated on12November 1993
entered intoforce on1October 1994
Cabinet Ordinance onOrganization of
Executive Office ofFairTrade Commission
(Cabinet Ordinance No.373of30August
1952, aslastamended byCabinet Ordinance
No.103of29March 1995)
promulgated on29March 1995
entered intoforce on1April 1995
Rules onOrganization ofExecutive Office of
FairTrade Commission (Ordinance No.10
ofPrime Minister 'sOffices of5April 1978,
aslastamended byOrdinance No.6ofPrime
Minister 'sOffice of29March 1995)
promulgated on29March 1995
entered intoforce on1April 1995Article 100ofthisLawcontains provisions
relating toparagraphs 3and4ofArticle 40of
theTRIPS Agreement.
Anti-monopoly ActConcerning Prohibition of
Private Monopoly andMaintenance ofFair
Trade isaimed atpromoting fairandfree
competition. Themeasures which areprovided
forinparagraph 2ofArticle 40oftheTRIPS
Agreement areimplemented byArticle 3
(Prohibition ofUnreasonable Restraint of
Trade), Article 6(Prohibition ofParticular
International Agreement orContract) and
Article 19(Prohibition ofUnfair Trade
Practices) oftheAnti-monopoly Act.Supply of
information totheMember (paragraphs 3and4
ofArticle 40oftheTRIPS Agreement) shallbe
donewithin thelimits ofArticle 39ofthe
Anti-monopoly Act(Duty ofthePersonnel of
theFairTrade Commission topreserve trade
secrets).
FairTrade Commission isincharge of
consultations andsupply ofinformation
(paragraphs 3and4ofArticle 40oftheTRIPS
Agreement) based onitem3ofArticle 10of
Cabinet Ordinance onOrganization of
Executive Office ofFairTrade Commission and
Article 1ofRules onOrganization ofExecutive
Office ofFairTrade Commission.IP/N/1/JPN/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Civil Judicial Procedures andRemedies
TheConstitution ofJapan
promulgated on3November 1946
entered intoforce on3May1947
Civil Code (Law No.89of27April 1894, as
lastamended byLawNo.79of21May
1991)
promulgated on21May1991
entered intoforce on20May1992
Code ofCivil Procedure (Law No.29of
21April 1890, aslastamended byLaw
No.30of2April 1992)
promulgated on2April 1992
entered intoforce on1May1992
State Redress Law(Law No.125of
27October 1947)
promulgated on27October 1947
entered intoforce on27October 1947Article 82oftheConstitution ofJapan provides
thatthejudicial procedures shallbeopentothe
public andthisprovision relates toArticle 42of
theTRIPS Agreement.
Article 703and/or Article 709ofCivil Code
aregeneral provisions ofdamages, and
implement Article 45and/or Article 48ofthe
TRIPS Agreement.
Code ofCivil Procedure isthegeneral lawon
civilprocedure andArticles 79,89,229,230,
259,280,281,312,314,316,317,335,336
and/or 338oftheCode relate toArticles 42,
43,45and/or 48oftheTRIPS Agreement.
Article 1ofState Redress Lawrelates to
paragraph 2ofArticle 48oftheTRIPS
Agreement.
Provisional Judicial Measures
Civil Code (Law No.89of27April 1894,
aslastamended byLawNo.79of
21May1991)
promulgated on21May1991
entered intoforce on20May1992
Code ofCivil Preservative Procedure (Law
No.91of22December 1989)
promulgated on22December 1989
entered intoforce on1January 1991Article 709ofCivil Code relates toparagraph 7
ofArticle 50oftheTRIPS Agreement.
Articles 3,13,14,17,23,24,26,27,29and
37ofCode ofCivil Preservative Procedure
provide theprovisional measures andimplement
Article 50oftheTRIPS Agreement.IP/N/1/JPN/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Special Requirements related toBorder
Measures
Civil Code (Law No.89of27April 1894, as
lastamended byLawNo.79of21May1991)
promulgated on21May1991
entered intoforce on20May1992
Criminal Procedures
Penal Code (Law No.45of24April 1907, as
lastamended byLawNo.91of12May1995)
promulgated on12May1995
entered intoforce on1June1995
Anyadministrative procedures andremedies
notcovered above
TheConstitution ofJapan
promulgated on3November 1946
entered intoforce on3May1947
Code ofCivil Procedure (Law No.29of
21April 1890, aslastamended byLaw
No.30of2April 1992)
promulgated on2April 1992
entered intoforce on1May1992
Code ofCriminal Procedure (Law No.131of
10July1948, aslastamended byLawNo.91
of12May1992)
promulgated on12May1992
entered intoforce on1June1992Article 709ofCivil Code relates toArticle 56
oftheTRIPS Agreement.
Article 19ofPenal Code provides thatathing
which isaconstituent element ofacriminal
act,athing which hasbeenusedorwas
intended touseinthecommission ofa
criminal act,etc.,maybeconfiscated andthis
provision implements Article 61oftheTRIPS
Agreement.
Paragraph 2ofArticle 37andparagraphs 2
and3ofArticle 76oftheConstitution of
Japan relate tothegeneral obligation of
enforcement ofintellectual property rights
provided forinArticle 41oftheTRIPS
Agreement.
Code ofCivil Procedure isthegeneral lawof
civilprocedure andArticle 151oftheCode
relates toparagraph 4ofArticle 63ofthe
TRIPS Agreement, andArticles 185,191,
193,258,259,294,360and393oftheCode
relate toArticle 41oftheTRIPS Agreement.
Articles 43,44,46,293,297,298,304to
306,308,309,317,342,372and405of
Code ofCriminal Procedure relate toArticle
41oftheTRIPS Agreement.IP/N/1/JPN/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
LawConcerning theCostofCivil Procedure
(Law No.40of6April 1971, aslastamended
byLawNo.72of5June1992)
promulgated on5June1992
entered intoforce on1October 1992
Administrative Litigations Act(Law No.139
of16May1962, aslastamended byLaw
No.91of22December 1989)
promulgated on22December 1989
entered intoforce on1January 1991
RuleofCriminal Procedure (Rule No.32of
theSupreme Court of1December 1948, as
lastamended byRuleNo.1oftheSupreme
Court of1June1992)
promulgated on1June1992
entered intoforce on1June1992Table No.1based onparagraph 1ofArticle 3
oftheLawConcerning theCostofCivil
Procedure relates toparagraph 2ofArticle 41
oftheTRIPS Agreement.
Article 3ofAdministrative Litigation Act
relates toparagraph 4ofArticle 41ofthe
TRIPS Agreement.
Articles 34,35,53,211and222ofRuleof
Criminal Procedure relate toArticle 41ofthe
TRIPS Agreement.