[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Yokohama District Court, 2018 (Wa) 1931 <Criminal> ⇒ Guilty
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Article type: Case note
Category: Unfair competition law
Topics: Trade secrets
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
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Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-22 (Japan time). Full English translation.
[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Yokohama District Court, 2018 (Wa) 1931 <Criminal> ⇒ Guilty
Although the drawings had no confidential mark, the head office had five officers and 33 employees, and it can be inferred that only a limited number of employees at each factory could access technical information such as drawings.
⇒ In light of the “company's size,” the other measures objectively made the intention to maintain secrecy sufficiently recognizable.
Translator’s notes (editorial)
The source says 秘密簡易意思, apparently a typographical error for 秘密管理意思. The intelligible meaning “intention to maintain secrecy” is translated, with the anomaly recorded here.
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