Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act Article 46

Where no action has been initiated, a motion for preservation of evidence shall be made to the court where the action is to be brought; where an action has been initiated, such motion shall be made to the court where the action is pending.The court may inspect, examine, or preserve documentary evidence or interrogate a witness, expert witness, or the party itself in the execution of the preservation of evidence.The court may order a Technical Examination Officer to execute his duties on site in the execution of the preservation of evidence.Where a respondent refuses an order of preservation of evidence without good cause, the court may, when necessary, enforce such order by force and request assistance from the police authority.Where preservation of evidence is likely to violate the trade secrets of a respondent or a third party, the court may, at the request of the movant, a respondent or a third party, set limits on or prohibit the presence of the persons on the premises of the preservation of evidence, and may preserve the evidence separately and set limits on or prohibit the review, transcription, videotaping, or otherwise reproduction of said evidence.Articles 36 through 40 shall apply mutatis mutandis to situations concerning a likely violation of trade secrets described in the preceding paragraph.Where it deems necessary, the court may execute a preservation of evidence order through the district court in the locality of the domicile or residence of the party being interrogated, or of the place where the evidence is located. When the assigned court executes a preservation of evidence order, the second to the preceding paragraph shall apply.