Unfair Competition Prevention Act of Japan

E876222

Japanese statute unfair competition law

The Unfair Competition Prevention Act of Japan is a key law that protects businesses by prohibiting acts such as misappropriation of trade secrets, misleading representations, and other unfair commercial practices that harm fair competition.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese statute ⓘ unfair competition law ⓘ
aimsToPrevent	commercial practices that harm fair competition ⓘ misappropriation of confidential business information ⓘ misleading commercial representations ⓘ
appliesTo	business operators in Japan ⓘ foreign entities engaging in acts of unfair competition affecting Japan ⓘ
contains	definition of trade secret under Japanese law ⓘ definition of unfair competition under Japanese law ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
enforcedBy	Japanese courts ⓘ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
legalArea	commercial law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ
originalLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
protects	business goodwill ⓘ indications of goods or business ⓘ trade secrets ⓘ
providesFor	civil remedies for unfair competition ⓘ criminal penalties for certain trade secret infringements ⓘ damages for unfair competition ⓘ injunctions against unfair competition ⓘ
purpose	maintenance of fair competition ⓘ promotion of sound development of the national economy ⓘ protection of business interests ⓘ
regulates	acts causing confusion with another’s goods or business ⓘ acts damaging business reputation ⓘ false indications of origin ⓘ misappropriation of trade secrets ⓘ misleading representations ⓘ unauthorized acquisition of trade secrets ⓘ unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets ⓘ unauthorized use of another’s famous indication for domain names ⓘ unauthorized use of another’s famous indication on the internet ⓘ unauthorized use of famous indications ⓘ unauthorized use of trade dress ⓘ unauthorized use of trade secrets ⓘ unauthorized use of well-known trademarks ⓘ unfair competition ⓘ unjust inducement of customers ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese copyright law ⓘ Japanese design law ⓘ Japanese patent law ⓘ Japanese trademark law ⓘ
shortName	UCPA NERFINISHED ⓘ

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