Laws and Regulations under TRIPS Art. 63.2 - View details of the document

Japan
Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Act No.47 of 1993)
The Unfair Competition Prevention Act was revised toward efficient provision and utilization of data by defining the acts of unfair competition on “shared data with limited access” and providing civil remedies against the acts.
Replacement of the word "protected data" by "shared data with limited access" to make it more accurate expression.
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