第十条　意匠登録出願人は、自己の意匠登録出願に係る意匠又は自己の登録意匠のうちから選択した一の意匠（以下「本意匠」という。）に類似する意匠（以下「関連意匠」という。）については、当該関連意匠の意匠登録出願の日（第十五条において準用する特許法（昭和三十四年法律第百二十一号）第四十三条第一項又は第四十三条の二第一項若しくは第二項の規定による優先権の主張を伴う意匠登録出願にあつては、最初の出願若しくは千九百年十二月十四日にブラッセルで、千九百十一年六月二日にワシントンで、千九百二十五年十一月六日にヘーグで、千九百三十四年六月二日にロンドンで、千九百五十八年十月三十一日にリスボンで及び千九百六十七年七月十四日にストックホルムで改正された工業所有権の保護に関する千八百八十三年三月二十日のパリ条約第四条Ｃ（４）の規定により最初の出願とみなされた出願又は同条Ａ（２）の規定により最初の出願と認められた出願の日。以下この項において同じ。）がその本意匠の意匠登録出願の日以後であつて、第二十条第三項の規定によりその本意匠の意匠登録出願が掲載された意匠公報（同条第四項の規定により同条第三項第四号に掲げる事項が掲載されたものを除く。）の発行の日前である場合に限り、第九条第一項又は第二項の規定にかかわらず、意匠登録を受けることができる。

Article 10 (1) Notwithstanding Article 9(1) or (2), an applicant for design registration may obtain design registration of a design that is similar to another design selected from the applicant's own designs either for which an application for design registration has been filed or for which design registration has been granted (hereinafter the selected design is referred to as the "Principal Design" and a design similar to it is referred to as a "Related Design"), if the filing date of the application for design registration of the Related Design (or when the application for design registration of the Related Design contains a priority claim under Article 43(1), 43-2(1) or 43-2(2) of the Patent Act (Act No. 121 of 1959) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 15 of this Act, the filing date of the earliest application, the filing date of an application that is deemed to be the earliest application under Article 4.C(4) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at Hague on November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Lisbon on October 31, 1958, and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, or the filing date of an application that is recognized as the earliest application under Article 4.(A)2 of the Paris Convention, hereinafter the same shall apply in this paragraph) is on or after the filing date of the application for design registration of the Principal Design and before the date when the design bulletin in which the application for design registration of the Principal Design is published under Article 20(3) (except for a design bulletin in which the matters listed in Article 20(3)(iv) were published under Article 20(4)) is issued. - 日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム

２　使用者委員は使用者団体の推薦（使用者委員のうち六人については、特定独立行政法人（独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第二項に規定する特定独立行政法人をいう。以下この項、第十九条の四第二項第二号及び第十九条の十第一項において同じ。）、国有林野事業（特定独立行政法人等の労働関係に関する法律（昭和二十三年法律第二百五十七号）第二条第二号に規定する国有林野事業をいう。以下この項及び第十九条の十第一項において同じ。）を行う国の経営する企業又は日本郵政公社の推薦）に基づいて、労働者委員は労働組合の推薦（労働者委員のうち六人については、特定独立行政法人の特定独立行政法人等の労働関係に関する法律第二条第四号に規定する職員（以下この章において「特定独立行政法人職員」という。）、国有林野事業を行う国の経営する企業の同号に規定する職員（以下この章において「国有林野事業職員」という。）又は日本郵政公社の同号に規定する職員（以下この章において「日本郵政公社職員」という。）が結成し、又は加入する労働組合の推薦）に基づいて、公益委員は厚生労働大臣が使用者委員及び労働者委員の同意を得て作成した委員候補者名簿に記載されている者のうちから両議院の同意を得て、内閣総理大臣が任命する。

(2) The Prime Minister shall appoint the employer members based upon the recommendations of employers' organizations (and as to six of the employer members, based upon the recommendations of specified Incorporated Administrative Agency (this shall mean the Specified Incorporated Administrative Agency provided for in Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agency (Act No. 103 of 1999) hereinafter in this paragraph and in Article 19-4, paragraph 2, item 2 and Article 19-10, paragraph 1, the same shall apply.)), national enterprises engaged in National Forestry Businesses (this shall mean National Forestry Business as provided for in Article 2, item 2 of the Act Concerning the Labor Relations of National Enterprises and Specified Incorporated Administrative Agency (Act No. 257 of 1948); hereinafter in this paragraph and in Article 19-10, paragraph 1, the same shall apply), or Japan Post. The Prime Minister shall appoint the labor members based upon the recommendations of the labor unions (and as to six of the labor members, based upon the recommendations of the labor unions formed or joined by employees of Specified Incorporated Administrative Agencies provided for in Article 2, item 4 of the Act Concerning the Labor Relations of Specified Incorporated Administrative Agency (hereinafter in this chapter such employees are referred to as "employees of the Specified Incorporated Administrative Agencies")); employees of national enterprises engaged in National Forestry Businesses provided for in the same item (hereinafter in this chapter such employees are referred to as "employees of the National Forestry Businesses); or employees of Japan Post provided for in the same item (hereinafter in this chapter such employees are referred to as "employees of the Japan Post). The Prime Minister, after obtaining the consent of both Houses, shall appoint the public members from among the persons entered in a list of candidates prepared by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare with the consent of the employer members and the labor members. - 日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム