Rule 196 Order on the Application for preserving evidence

1. The Court may order, in particular, the following:

(a) preserving evidence by detailed description, with or without the taking of samples;

(b) physical seizure of allegedly infringing goods;

(c) physical seizure of the materials and implements used in the production and/or distribution of these goods and any related document;

(d) the preservation and disclosure of digital media and data and the disclosure of any passwords necessary to access them.

For the protection of confidential information the Court may order that any of the above be disclosed only to certain named persons and subject to appropriate terms of non-disclosure.

2. An order to preserve evidence shall specify that, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the outcome of the measures to preserve evidence ma
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