Ministry of International Trade and Industry announces that Nintendo's motion has been accepted on the official website to prohibit import of magicone

For Nintendo DS from NintendoMajikonWas accepted by the customs on November 21 and it was discovered that it was the subject to injunction at customs throughout the country.

A petition for an injunction against importation of goods in violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention Law has been accepted - About the border measures concerning the avoidance device for technical restriction measure of Nintendo DS - (METI / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
http://www.meti.go.jp/press/2012/11/20121122004/20121122004.html


I was in charge of the Intellectual Property Policy Room of the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, and the outline is as follows.

Regarding the device (so-called magicone *) that avoids the technical restriction measures of Nintendo DS which the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry issued an opinion dated October 19, 2012, on November 21, a petition for an import suspension from Nintendo Co., Ltd. It was accepted at the customs office and added to injunctions at customs throughout the country.

Also, a PDF file "Petition for an impairment of importation of goods in violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act has been accepted - About the border measures concerning the avoidance device of the technical limitation means of Nintendo DS -"According to the advertisement of Majikon, the introduction on the Internet, the link to the sales site, if it falls under the case of an individual transaction, it may be subject to damages or criminal penalties as" It is clearly stated as follows.

Goods for which import petition petition has been accepted have been certified by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry as goods constituting unfair competition, and as for this province, the act of providing them is dated October 19, 2012 With regard to a device (so-called magicone *) that avoids the technical restriction measures of Nintendo DS by which the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry issued an opinion, on November 21, a petition for import suspension from Nintendo Co., Ltd. was accepted at customs, It was added to injunction by customs. We believe that it will be subject to damages or criminal penalties.
Also, regarding advertisement of the article, introduction on the Internet, link to the selling site, etc., if it falls under an impost of an individual transaction, there is a possibility that it may be subject to damages or criminal punishment as an aid act , I will call attention to every direction to the effect that we should refrain from rigorously.
In addition to the device to circumvent the technical restriction measures of Nintendo DS, examples of cases where criminal punishment was applied as a result of the provision of a program such as a technical limitation avoidance device, etc. occurred as shown in the attached sheet, so such provision We also ask you to refrain from acts of promoting acts.

In addition, the border measures based on the Customs Law are the following flow.