Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Rules Article 52

With regard to trade secrets involved in a ruling on a confidentiality preservation order, the trade secrets to be protected shall be designated by codes or the corresponding evidence name/number identifiers.No ruling on a confidentiality preservation order may attach litigation materials containing trade secrets.Litigation materials that contain trade secrets as submitted by a party or third party shall be returned if it is no longer necessary to retain them after the conclusion of the trial.Under the circumstance described in the preceding paragraph, the court clerk shall prepare a written record and present the same to the person producing the litigation materials that contain trade secrets, or its agent, to be signed on the spot.