一関税法（昭和二十九年法律第六十一号）第六十九条の三第一項及び第六十九条の十二第一項に規定する認定手続に関する税関長に対する手続並びに同法第六十九条の四第一項及び第六十九条の十三第一項の規定による申立て並びに当該申立てをした者及び当該申立てに係る貨物を輸出し、又は輸入しようとする者が行う当該申立てに関する税関長又は財務大臣に対する手続についての代理

(i)representing a person in procedures with the Director General of Customs that involves the verification procedures prescribed in Article 69-3, paragraph (1) and Article 69-12, paragraph (1) of the Customs Act (Act No. 61 of 1954); in procedures with the Director General of Customs or the Minister of Finance that involve a petition under Article 69-4, paragraph (1) and Article 69-13, paragraph (1) of that Act; and in procedures involving such a petition that the person filing that petition or a person seeking to export or import the goods to which that petition pertains undertakes with the Director General of Customs or the Minister of Finance;

二特許、実用新案、意匠、商標、回路配置若しくは特定不正競争に関する事件又は著作物（著作権法（昭和四十五年法律第四十八号）第二条第一項第一号に規定する著作物をいう。以下同じ。）に関する権利に関する事件の裁判外紛争解決手続（裁判外紛争解決手続の利用の促進に関する法律（平成十六年法律第百五十一号）第一条に規定する裁判外紛争解決手続をいう。以下この号において同じ。）であって、これらの事件の裁判外紛争解決手続の業務を公正かつ適確に行うことができると認められる団体として経済産業大臣が指定するものが行うものについての代理

(ii)representing a party in alternative dispute resolution proceedings (meaning alternative dispute resolution proceedings referred to in Article 1 of the Act on Promotion of Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (Act No. 151 of 2004); hereinafter the same applies in this item) in cases involving patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, circuit layouts, or specific unfair competition, or cases involving a right connected with a work (meaning a work as provided in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Copyright Act (Act No. 48 of 1970); the same applies hereinafter), when these proceedings are conducted by an organization designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry as one that is found to be capable of conducting alternative dispute resolution proceedings in such cases in a fair and proper manner; and

三前二号に掲げる事務についての相談

(iii)consulting about the operations set forth in the preceding two items; and

四特許法（昭和三十四年法律第百二十一号）第百五条の二の十一第一項及び第二項（同法第六十五条第六項及び実用新案法（昭和三十四年法律第百二十三号）第三十条において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する意見を記載した書面を提出しようとする者からの当該意見の内容（特許法及び実用新案法の適用に関するものに限る。）に関する相談

(iv)consulting about the content of an opinion (limited to content that concerns the application of the Patent Act (Act No. 121 of 1959) and the Utility Model Act (Act No. 123 of 1959)) from a person who seeks to submit a written opinion prescribed in Article 105-2-11, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Patent Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 65, paragraph (6) of that Act and Article 30 of the Utility Model Act).

一特許、実用新案、意匠、商標、回路配置若しくは著作物に関する権利若しくは技術上の秘密若しくは技術上のデータの売買契約、通常実施権の許諾に関する契約その他の契約の締結の代理若しくは媒介を行い、又はこれらに関する相談に応ずること。

(i)acting as an agent or broker in a person's entry into a contract for the sale of a right connected with a patent, utility model, design, trademark, circuit layout, or work or of a technical secret or technical data; a contract involving the granting of a non-exclusive license for any of these; or any other such contract; or acting as a consultant with regard to any of these;

二外国の行政官庁又はこれに準ずる機関に対する特許、実用新案、意匠、商標、植物の新品種又は地理的表示（ある商品に関し、その確立した品質、社会的評価その他の特性が当該商品の地理的原産地に主として帰せられる場合において、当該商品が特定の場所、地域又は国を原産地とするものであることを特定する表示をいう。次号において同じ。）に関する権利に関する手続（日本国内に住所又は居所（法人にあっては、営業所）を有する者が行うものに限る。）に関する資料の作成その他の事務を行うこと。

(ii)preparing materials and doing other work in connection with procedures that involve a right connected with a patent, utility model, design, trademark, new variety of plant, or geographical indication (meaning an indication that identifies a good as originating in a specific place, region, or country where a given quality, reputation, or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin; the same applies in the following item) with a foreign administrative authority or equivalent organization (limited to procedures undertaken by a party that has a domicile or residence (or business office, in the case of a corporation) in Japan);

三発明、考案、意匠若しくは商標（これらに関する権利に関する手続であって既に特許庁に係属しているものに係るものを除く。）、回路配置（既に経済産業大臣に対して提出された回路配置利用権の設定登録の申請に係るものを除く。）、植物の新品種、事業活動に有用な技術上の情報（技術上の秘密及び技術上のデータを除く。）又は地理的表示の保護に関する相談に応ずること。

(iii)consulting on the protection of an invention, device, design, or trademark (unless procedures that involve a right connected with any of these are already pending at the Japan Patent Office), circuit layout (unless the application for registering the creation of the right to use the circuit layout has already been submitted to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry), new variety of plant, technical information useful for business activities (except for technical secrets and technical data), or geographical indication; and

四特許、実用新案、意匠、商標若しくは回路配置に関する権利若しくは技術上の秘密若しくは技術上のデータの利用の機会の拡大に資する日本産業規格その他の規格の案の作成に関与し、又はこれに関する相談に応ずること。

(iv)participating in preparing a draft of Japanese Industrial Standards or other such standards that contribute to providing more opportunities for the use of rights connected with patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, or circuit layouts, or of technical secrets or technical data, or acting as a consultant with regard to the preparation of a draft of such standards.

一弁理士試験に合格した者

(i)a person who has passed the patent attorney examination;

二弁護士となる資格を有する者

(ii)a person who is qualified to be an attorney at law; or

三特許庁において審判官又は審査官として審判又は審査の事務に従事した期間が通算して七年以上になる者

(iii)a person who has been engaged for a total of at least seven years in functions involved in trials, appeals, or examinations as an administrative judge or examiner at the Japan Patent Office.

一禁錮以上の刑に処せられた者

(i)a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a heavier punishment;

二前号に該当する者を除くほか、第七十八条から第八十一条まで若しくは第八十一条の三の罪、特許法第百九十六条から第百九十八条まで若しくは第二百条の罪、実用新案法第五十六条から第五十八条まで若しくは第六十条の罪、意匠法第六十九条から第七十一条まで若しくは第七十三条の罪又は商標法第七十八条から第八十条まで若しくは同法附則第二十八条の罪を犯し、罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の執行を受けることがなくなった日から五年を経過しない者

(ii)a person not otherwise falling under the preceding item who has committed one of the offenses prescribed in Articles 78 through 81 or 81-3 of this Act, Articles 196 through 198 or 200 of the Patent Act, Articles 56 through 58 or 60 of the Utility Model Act, Articles 69 through 71 or 73 of the Design Act, Articles 78 through 80 of the Trademark Act or Article 28 of the supplementary provisions of that Act, and has been sentenced to pay a fine, if it has not been five years since the date on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution; or

三前二号に該当する者を除くほか、関税法第百八条の四第二項（同法第六十九条の二第一項第三号及び第四号に係る部分に限る。以下この号において同じ。）、第三項（同法第百八条の四第二項に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第五項（同法第六十九条の二第一項第三号及び第四号に係る部分に限る。）、第百九条第二項（同法第六十九条の十一第一項第九号及び第十号に係る部分に限る。以下この号において同じ。）、第三項（同法第百九条第二項に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第五項（同法第六十九条の十一第一項第九号及び第十号に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第百十二条第一項（同法第百八条の四第二項及び第百九条第二項に係る部分に限る。）の罪、著作権法第百十九条から第百二十二条までの罪、半導体集積回路の回路配置に関する法律第五十一条第一項若しくは第五十二条の罪、不正競争防止法第二十一条第一項、第二項第一号から第五号まで若しくは第七号（同法第十八条第一項に係る部分を除く。）、第三項若しくは第四項の罪、種苗法（平成十年法律第八十三号）第六十七条から第六十九条まで若しくは第七十一条の罪又は特定農林水産物等の名称の保護に関する法律（平成二十六年法律第八十四号）第三十九条若しくは第四十条の罪を犯し、罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の執行を受けることがなくなった日から三年を経過しない者

(iii)a person not otherwise falling under either of the preceding two items who has committed one of the offenses prescribed in Article 108-4, paragraph (2) of the Customs Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 69-2, paragraph (1), items (iii) and (iv) of that Act; hereinafter the same applies in this item), paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 108-4, paragraph (2) of that Act) or paragraph (5) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 69-2, paragraph (1), items (iii) and (iv) of that Act), Article 109, paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 69-11, paragraph (1), items (ix) and (x) of that Act; hereinafter the same applies in this item), paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 109, paragraph (2) of that Act) or paragraph (5) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 69-11, paragraph (1), items (ix) and (x) of that Act), or Article 112, paragraph (1) of the Customs Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 108-4, paragraph (2) and Article 109, paragraph (2) of that Act), the offenses prescribed in Articles 119 through 122 of the Copyright Act, the offenses prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (1) or Article 52 of the Act on the Circuit Layouts of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits, the offenses prescribed in Article 21, paragraph (1), Article 21, paragraph (2), items (i) through (v) or item (vii) (except for the part pertaining to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act) or Article 21, paragraph (3) or (4) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, the offenses prescribed in Article 67 through 69 or Article 71 of the Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act (Act No. 83 of 1998) or the offenses prescribed in Article 39 or Article 40 of the Act on Protection of Names of Specific Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Foodstuffs (Act No. 84 of 2014), and has been sentenced to pay a fine, if it has not been three years since the date on which the person completed the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution;

四公務員で懲戒免職の処分を受け、その処分の日から三年を経過しない者

(iv)a government employee who has been subject to a disposition of disciplinary dismissal, if it has not been three years since the date of the disposition;

五第二十三条第一項の規定により登録の取消しの処分を受け、その処分の日から三年を経過しない者

(v)a person who has been subject to a disposition rescinding a registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1), if it has not been three years since the date of the disposition;

六第三十二条の規定により業務の禁止の処分を受け、その処分の日から三年を経過しない者

(vi)a person who has been subject to a disposition prohibiting engagement in business pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, if it has not been three years since the date of the disposition;

七弁護士法（昭和二十四年法律第二百五号）若しくは外国弁護士による法律事務の取扱いに関する特別措置法（昭和六十一年法律第六十六号）、公認会計士法（昭和二十三年法律第百三号）又は税理士法（昭和二十六年法律第二百三十七号）の規定による懲戒処分により、弁護士会からの除名、公認会計士の登録の抹消又は税理士の業務の禁止の処分を受けた者でこれらの処分の日から三年を経過しないもの

(vii)a person who has been subject to a disposition excluding that person from membership in a bar association, deleting that person's registration as a certified public accountant, or prohibiting that person's engagement in business as a tax accountant, due to a disciplinary action pursuant to the provisions of the Attorney Act (Act No. 205 of 1949) or the Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers (Act No. 66 of 1986), the Certified Public Accountants Act (Act No. 103 of 1948) or the Tax Accountant Act (Act No. 237 of 1951), if it has not been three years since the date of the disposition;

八税理士法第四十八条第一項の規定により同法第四十四条第三号に掲げる処分を受けるべきであったことについて決定を受けた者で当該決定を受けた日から三年を経過しないもの

(viii)Concerning a person who should have been subject to a disposition set forth in Article 44, item (iii) pursuant to the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Tax Accountant Act, if a final decision to impose the disposition was made and it has not been three years since the date of the disposition;

九第三十二条の規定により業務の停止の処分を受け、当該業務の停止の期間中にその登録が抹消され、当該期間を経過しない者

(ix)a person who has been subject to a disposition suspending that person's engagement in business pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, and who has had their registration deleted during the term of suspension of business, if this term has not yet passed;

十未成年者

(x)a minor; or

十一破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者

(xi)a person who received a decision for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and has not had their rights restored.

一特許、実用新案、意匠及び商標（以下この条並びに次条第四号及び第五号において「工業所有権」という。）に関する法令

(i)laws and regulations relating to patents, utility models, designs, and trademarks (hereinafter referred to as "industrial property rights" in this Article and items (iv) and (v) of the following Article);

二工業所有権に関する条約

(ii)treaties on industrial property rights; and

三前二号に掲げるもののほか、弁理士の業務を行うのに必要な法令であって、経済産業省令で定めるもの

(iii)the necessary laws and regulations for a person to practice as a patent attorney that Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry prescribes, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items.

一工業所有権に関する法令

(i)laws and regulations relating to industrial property rights; and

二経済産業省令で定める技術又は法律に関する科目のうち受験者のあらかじめ選択する一科目

(ii)a subject that the examinee selects in advance from among the subjects related to technology or law that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

一短答式による試験に合格した者　当該短答式による試験に係る合格発表の日から起算して二年を経過する日までに行う短答式による試験

(i)a person who has passed the short answer component of the examination: the short answer component of an examination that is conducted by the last day in the two-year period beginning on the date on which passing examinees are announced for the short answer component of the examination that the person has passed.

二論文式による試験において、前条第二項第一号に掲げる科目について審議会等（国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第八条に規定する機関をいう。）で政令で定めるもの（以下「審議会」という。）が相当と認める成績を得た者　当該論文式による試験に係る合格発表の日から起算して二年を経過する日までに当該科目について行う論文式による試験

(ii)a person who has gotten a score on the essay component of the examination in a subject as set forth in paragraph (2), item (i) of the preceding Article that a council or other such body (meaning an organization provided for in Article 8 of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948)) specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as a "council") finds to be sufficient: the essay component of an examination in that subject that is conducted by the last day in the two-year period beginning on the date on which passing examinees are announced for the essay component of the examination on which the person has gotten that score.

三論文式による試験において、前条第二項第二号に掲げる科目について審議会が相当と認める成績を得た者　その後に当該科目について行う論文式による試験

(iii)a person who has gotten a score on the essay component of the examination in a subject as set forth in paragraph (2), item (ii) of the preceding Article that the council finds to be sufficient: the essay component of an examination in that subject that is conducted after that.

四学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）に基づく大学院の課程を修了した者であって、当該大学院において経済産業省令で定める工業所有権に関する科目の単位を修得したもの　当該課程を修了した日から起算して二年を経過する日までに前条第一項第一号及び第二号に掲げる科目について行う短答式による試験

(iv)a person who has completed a program at a graduate school under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) and has obtained the number of credits in subjects relating to industrial property rights that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: the short answer component of an examination in the subjects set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) of the preceding Article that is conducted by the last day in the two-year period beginning on the date of completion of the program.

五特許庁において審判又は審査の事務に従事した期間が通算して五年以上になる者　工業所有権に関する法令及び条約について行う試験

(v)a person who has been engaged for a total of at least five years in functions involved in trials, appeals, or examinations at the Japan Patent Office: the part of the examination conducted on laws, regulations, and treaties relating to industrial property rights.

六前条第二項第二号の受験者が選択する科目について筆記試験に合格した者と同等以上の学識を有する者として経済産業省令で定める者　当該科目について行う論文式による試験

(vi)a person who is specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as having at least the same level of knowledge as a person who has passed the written examination in an examinee-selected subject as referred to in paragraph (2), item (ii) of the preceding Article: the essay component of the examination conducted on that subject.

一毎年一回以上行うこと。

(i)it is to be conducted one or more times per year;

二弁理士の業務に関する法令及び実務について行うこと。

(ii)it is to be conducted regarding the laws, regulations, and practices involved in practice as a patent attorney; and

三実務修習の講師及び指導者は、弁理士であって、その実務に通算して七年以上従事した経験を有するものであること。

(iii)it is to have instructors and teachers who are patent attorneys and who have a total of at least seven years of practical experience.

一職員、設備、実務修習事務の実施の方法その他の事項についての実務修習事務の実施に関する計画が実務修習事務の適正かつ確実な実施のために適切なものであること。

(i)the plan for implementing practical training operations in terms of employees, equipment, method of implementing practical training operations, and other particulars, is appropriate to ensure the proper and reliable implementation of practical training operations;

二前号の実務修習事務の実施に関する計画の適正かつ確実な実施に必要な経理的及び技術的な基礎を有する法人であること。

(ii)the applicant is a corporation with the necessary financial and technical foundations for the proper and reliable implementation of the plan for implementing practical training operations referred to in the preceding item;

三実務修習事務以外の業務を行っている場合には、その業務を行うことによって実務修習事務が不公正になるおそれがないこと。

(iii)if the applicant is engaged in any business other than practical training, there is no risk that its engagement in that business would cause practical training operations to be unfair; and

四その指定をすることによって実務修習事務の適正かつ確実な実施を阻害することとならないこと。

(iv)designating the applicant would not impair the proper and reliable implementation of practical training operations.

一第十六条の十二第一項又は第二項の規定により指定を取り消され、その取消しの日から二年を経過しない者であること。

(i)the applicant has had a designation rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-12, paragraph (1) or (2), and it has not been two years since the date of the rescission; or

二その役員のうちに、この法律に規定する罪を犯し、刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の執行を受けることがなくなった日から二年を経過しない者があること。

(ii)one of the applicant's officers has been subject to sentencing for having committed one of the offenses prescribed in this Act, and it has not been two years since the date on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution.

一第十六条の三第四項第一号から第三号までのいずれかに適合しなくなったと認められるとき。

(i)it is found to no longer be in compliance with any of the items (i) through (iii) of Article 16-3, paragraph (4);

二第十六条の四第二項、第十六条の六第一項、第十六条の七、第十六条の八又は前条第一項の規定に違反したとき。

(ii)it has violated one of the provisions of Articles 16-4, paragraph (2), 16-6, paragraph (1), 16-7, 16-8, or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article;

三第十六条の六第一項の規定により認可を受けた修習事務規程によらないで実務修習事務を行ったとき。

(iii)it has conducted practical training operations other than based on the rules of training operations approved pursuant to Article 16-6, paragraph (1);

四第十六条の六第三項又は第十六条の九の規定による命令に違反したとき。

(iv)it has violated an order under Article 16-6, paragraph (3) or Article 16-9; or

五偽りその他不正の手段により指定を受けたとき。

(v)it came to be designated by deception or other wrongful means.

一心身の故障により弁理士の業務を行わせることがその適正を欠くおそれがあるとき。

(i)if it is likely that the person would be unfit to practice as a patent attorney due to a mental or physical disorder; or

二弁理士の信用を害するおそれがあるとき。

(ii)if the person is likely to damage the reputation of the patent attorney profession.

一その業務を廃止したとき。

(i)if the patent attorney has stopped practicing;

二死亡したとき。

(ii)if the patent attorney has died;

三第八条各号（第五号を除く。）のいずれかに該当するに至ったとき。

(iii)if the patent attorney has come to fall under one of the items of Article 8 (except for item (v));

四前条第一項の規定による登録の取消しの処分を受けたとき。

(iv)if the patent attorney has been subject to a disposition rescinding the registration thereof under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; or

五第六十一条の規定による退会の処分を受けたとき。

(v)if the patent attorney has been subject to a disposition of disbarment under Article 61.

一相手方の協議を受けて賛助し、又はその依頼を承諾した事件

(i)a case about which the adverse party has consulted the patent attorney, and that the patent attorney has helped the adverse party with or agreed to take for the adverse party;

二相手方の協議を受けた事件で、その協議の程度及び方法が信頼関係に基づくと認められるもの

(ii)a case about which the adverse party has consulted the patent attorney to an extent and in a manner that is found to be based on a fiduciary relationship;

三受任している事件の相手方からの依頼による他の事件

(iii)a different case that the adverse party to a case that the patent attorney has already accepted asks the patent attorney to take;

四公務員として職務上取り扱った事件

(iv)a case that the patent attorney has handled as a government employee in the course of duty;

五仲裁手続により仲裁人として取り扱った事件

(v)a case that the patent attorney has handled as an arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding;

六社員又は使用人である弁理士として弁理士法人の業務に従事していた期間内に、その弁理士法人が相手方の協議を受けて賛助し、又はその依頼を承諾した事件であって、自らこれに関与したもの

(vi)a case about which, during the time that the patent attorney was engaged in the practice of a patent attorney corporation as a patent attorney who was its member or employee, the adverse party consulted the patent attorney corporation; that the patent attorney corporation helped the adverse party with or agreed to take for the adverse party; or that the patent attorney personally became involved in; or

七社員又は使用人である弁理士として弁理士法人の業務に従事していた期間内に、その弁理士法人が相手方の協議を受けた事件で、その協議の程度及び方法が信頼関係に基づくと認められるものであって、自らこれに関与したもの

(vii)a case about which, during the time that the patent attorney was engaged in the practice of a patent attorney corporation as a patent attorney who was its member or employee, the adverse party consulted the patent attorney corporation to an extent and in a manner that is found to be based on a fiduciary relationship, and that the patent attorney personally became involved in.

一戒告

(i)admonition;

二二年以内の業務の全部又は一部の停止

(ii)suspension of the whole or part of the patent attorney's practice for not more than two years; or

三業務の禁止

(iii)prohibition of practice.

一第三十二条の規定により業務の停止の処分を受け、当該業務の停止の期間を経過しない者

(i)a person that has been issued a disposition suspending their practice pursuant to the provisions of Article 32 and that period of suspension has not yet passed; or

二第五十四条の規定により弁理士法人が解散又は業務の停止を命ぜられた場合において、その処分の日以前三十日内にその社員であった者でその処分の日から三年（業務の停止を命ぜられた場合にあっては、当該業務の停止の期間）を経過しないもの

(ii)a person that, within 30 days prior to the date of the disposition in question, was the member of a patent attorney corporation that has been ordered to dissolve or suspend its business pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, if it has not been three years since the date of the disposition (or the period of suspension of business, in case of an order to suspend business).

一目的

(i)purpose;

二名称

(ii)name;

三事務所の所在地

(iii)locality of the office;

四社員の氏名及び住所

(iv)names and addresses of members;

五社員の出資に関する事項

(v)particulars related to contribution by the members; and

六業務の執行に関する事項

(vi)particulars related to conduct of business.

一相手方の協議を受けて賛助し、又はその依頼を承諾した事件

(i)a case about which the adverse party has consulted the patent attorney corporation, and that the patent attorney corporation has helped the adverse party with or agreed to take for the adverse party;

二相手方の協議を受けた事件で、その協議の程度及び方法が信頼関係に基づくと認められるもの

(ii)a case about which the adverse party has consulted the patent attorney corporation to an extent and in a manner that is found to be based on a fiduciary relationship;

三受任している事件の相手方からの依頼による他の事件

(iii)a different case that the adverse party to a case that the patent attorney corporation has already accepted asks the patent attorney to take; or

四第三項各号に掲げる事件として弁理士法人の社員の半数以上の者が関与してはならない事件

(iv)a case in which half or more of the members of the patent attorney corporation must not be involved because it is a case as set forth in the items of paragraph (3).

一社員等が当該弁理士法人の社員等となる前に相手方の協議を受けて賛助し、又はその依頼を承諾した事件

(i)a case about which, before a member or employee joined that patent attorney corporation, the adverse party consulted the member or employee, and that the member or employee helped the adverse party with or agreed to take for the adverse party;

二社員等が当該弁理士法人の社員等となる前に相手方の協議を受けた事件で、その協議の程度及び方法が信頼関係に基づくと認められるもの

(ii)a case about which, before a member or employee joined that patent attorney corporation, the adverse party consulted the member or employee to an extent and in a manner that is found to be based on a fiduciary relationship;

三社員等が公務員として職務上取り扱った事件

(iii)a case that the member or employee has handled as a government employee in the course of duty;

四社員等が仲裁手続により仲裁人として取り扱った事件

(iv)a case that a member or employee has handled as an arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding;

五社員等が当該弁理士法人の社員等となる前に他の弁理士法人の社員等としてその業務に従事していた期間内に、その弁理士法人が相手方の協議を受けて賛助し、又はその依頼を承諾した事件であって、自らこれに関与したもの

(v)a case about which, during the time that a member or employee was engaged in the practice of another patent attorney corporation as its member or employee before becoming a member or employee of the relevant patent attorney corporation, the adverse party consulted the other patent attorney corporation; that the other patent attorney corporation helped the adverse party with or agreed to take for the adverse party; and that the member or employee personally became involved in; or

六社員等が当該弁理士法人の社員等となる前に他の弁理士法人の社員等としてその業務に従事していた期間内に、その弁理士法人が相手方の協議を受けた事件で、その協議の程度及び方法が信頼関係に基づくと認められるものであって、自らこれに関与したもの

(vi)a case about which, during the time that a member or employee was engaged in the practice of another patent attorney corporation as its member or employee before becoming a member or employee of the relevant patent attorney corporation, the adverse party consulted the other patent attorney corporation, to an extent and in a manner that is found to be based on a fiduciary relationship, and that the member or employee personally became involved in.

一弁理士の登録の抹消

(i)deletion of the person's registration as a patent attorney;

二定款に定める理由の発生

(ii)a reason provided for in the articles of incorporation;

三総社員の同意

(iii)the consent of all members; or

四除名

(iv)expulsion.

一定款に定める理由の発生

(i)a reason provided for in the articles of incorporation;

二総社員の同意

(ii)the consent of all members;

三他の弁理士法人との合併

(iii)a merger with another patent attorney corporation;

四破産手続開始の決定

(iv)an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings;

五解散を命ずる裁判

(v)judicial decision ordering its dissolution;

六第五十四条の規定による解散の命令

(vi)an order of dissolution under the provisions of Article 54; or

七社員の欠亡

(vii)unavailability or death of its members.

一合併をする旨

(i)the fact that the patent attorney corporation will merge;

二合併により消滅する弁理士法人及び合併後存続する弁理士法人又は合併により設立する弁理士法人の名称及び主たる事務所の所在地

(ii)the names and principal office localities of any patent attorney corporation disappearing in the merger, and of the patent attorney corporation that will survive the merger or be incorporated in the merger; and

三債権者が一定の期間内に異議を述べることができる旨

(iii)the fact that creditors may raise objections within a fixed period of time.

一名称及び事務所の所在地

(i)the name and locality of its office;

二入会及び退会に関する規定

(ii)provisions relating to admission to and withdrawal from the Association;

三会員の種別及びその権利義務に関する規定

(iii)provisions relating to the types of members, and their rights and duties;

四役員に関する規定

(iv)provisions relating to officers;

五会議に関する規定

(v)provisions relating to meetings;

六支部に関する規定

(vi)provisions relating to branches;

七弁理士の登録に関する規定

(vii)provisions relating to the registration of a patent attorney;

八登録審査会に関する規定

(viii)provisions relating to the registration screening board;

九会員の品位保持に関する規定

(ix)provisions relating to maintaining the integrity of members;

十会員の研修に関する規定

(x)provisions relating to the training of members;

十一実務修習に関する規定

(xi)provisions relating to practical training;

十二会員の業務に関する紛議の調停に関する規定

(xii)provisions relating to the mediation of disputes relating to members' business;

十三弁理士会及び会員に関する情報の提供に関する規定

(xiii)provisions relating to the provisions of information concerning the Patent Attorneys Association and its members;

十四会費に関する規定

(xiv)provisions relating to membership fees;

十五会計及び資産に関する規定

(xv)provisions relating to accounting and assets;

十六事務局に関する規定

(xvi)provisions relating to the secretariat; and

十七その他弁理士会の目的を達成するために必要な規定

(xvii)other provisions that are necessary in order for it to achieve the purpose of the Patent Attorneys Association.

一第三十一条の三（第五十条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反した者

(i)a person violating the provisions of Article 31-3 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50);

二第三十二条又は第五十四条第一項の規定による業務の停止の処分に違反した者

(ii)a person violating a disposition of suspension of business under the provisions of Article 32 or 54, paragraph (1); or

三第七十五条の規定に違反した者

(iii)a person violating the provisions of Article 75.

一第七十一条第一項の規定による報告若しくは資料の提出をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告若しくは資料の提出をし、又は同項の規定による立入検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避した者

(i)a person that has not made a report or submitted materials under the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (1), or that has made a false report or submitted false materials, or that has refused, obstructed, or evaded an on-site inspection under the provisions of that paragraph; or

二第七十六条の規定に違反した者

(ii)a person violating the provisions of Article 76.

一第十六条の八の規定に違反して帳簿を備え置かず、帳簿に記載せず、若しくは帳簿に虚偽の記載をし、又は帳簿を保存しなかったとき。

(i)if a designated training agency has failed to keep the books or make a statement in the books, has made a false statement in the books, or has failed to preserve the books, in violation of Article 16-8;

二第十六条の十第一項の規定による報告若しくは資料の提出をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告若しくは資料の提出をし、又は同項の規定による立入検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避したとき。

(ii)if a designated training agency has failed to make a report or submit materials under the provisions of Article 16-10, paragraph (1), has made a false report or submitted a false material, or has refused, obstructed, or evaded an on-site inspection under the provisions of that paragraph; or

三第十六条の十一第一項の許可を受けないで、実務修習事務の全部を廃止したとき。

(iii)if a designated training agency has discontinued all of its practical training operations without obtaining the permission referred to in Article 16-11, paragraph (1).

一第五十三条の二第六項において準用する会社法第九百四十六条第三項の規定に違反して、報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をした者

(i)a person failing to make a report or making a false report in violation of the provisions of Article 946, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53-2, paragraph (6); or

二正当な理由がないのに、第五十三条の二第六項において準用する会社法第九百五十一条第二項各号又は第九百五十五条第二項各号に掲げる請求を拒んだ者

(ii)a person refusing a request as set forth in one of the items of Article 951, paragraph (2) or in one of the items of Article 955, paragraph (2) of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53-2, paragraph (6), without legitimate grounds.

一この法律に基づく政令の規定に違反して登記をすることを怠ったとき。

(i)if the person has failed to register in violation of the provisions of Cabinet Order under this Act;

二第五十三条の二第二項又は第五項の規定に違反して合併をしたとき。

(ii)if the person has merged in violation of Article 53-2, paragraph (2) or (5);

三第五十三条の二第六項において準用する会社法第九百四十一条の規定に違反して同条の調査を求めなかったとき。

(iii)if the person has failed to request an investigation as referred to in Article 941 of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53-2, paragraph (6) in violation of the provisions of Article 941 of that Act;

四定款又は第五十五条第一項において準用する会社法第六百十五条第一項の会計帳簿若しくは第五十五条第一項において準用する同法第六百十七条第一項若しくは第二項の貸借対照表に記載し、若しくは記録すべき事項を記載せず、若しくは記録せず、又は虚偽の記載若しくは記録をしたとき。

(iv)if the person has failed to make a statement or record, or has made a false statement or record of what is to be stated or recorded in the accounting books referred to in the articles of incorporation or Article 615, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (1), or in the balance sheet referred to in Article 617, paragraph (1) or (2) of that Act, as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 55, paragraph (1);

五第五十五条第二項において準用する会社法第六百五十六条第一項の規定に違反して破産手続開始の申立てを怠ったとき。

(v)if the person has failed to file a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings in violation of the provisions of Article 656, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (2);

六第五十五条第二項において準用する会社法第六百六十四条の規定に違反して財産を分配したとき。

(vi)if the person has distributed assets in violation of the provisions of Article 664 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (2); or

七第五十五条第二項において準用する会社法第六百七十条第二項又は第五項の規定に違反して財産を処分したとき。

(vii)if the person has disposed of assets in violation of the provisions of Article 670, paragraph (2) or (5) of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55, paragraph (2).