Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act Article 6

The court may, whenever necessary, order a Technical Examination Officer to perform the following duties:1. ask questions or explain to the parties pertaining to factual and legal issues based on his or her professional knowledge, in order to clarify matters involved in the action2. ask questions directly to witnesses, expert witnesses, or appraisers3. state opinions on the case to the judge4. assist in evidence-taking in the event of preservation of evidence5. assist in injunctive procedures or compulsory enforcement procedures6. assist with a verifier's verificationThe court may order a Technical Examination Officer to compile a report on the results of his or her performance of duties, provided it may order that an interim report and a final report be made where necessary if the case is complicated.A report compiled by a Technical Examination Officer may be disclosed in whole or in part where the court deems necessary.Before any special professional knowledge already known to the court as provided by a Technical Examination Officer is adopted as basis for judgment, the parties shall be accorded an opportunity to present their arguments regarding such knowledge.