Article 80

①In an action to suspend or prevent an infringement under the provisions of Article 24, upon petition of a party, the court may order a party to produce any documents or electronic or magnetic records (meaning records used in computerized information processing which is created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by the human senses; the same applies hereinafter) necessary to prove the alleged infringement; provided, however, this does not apply if the holder of the documents or the person with authority to use the electronic or magnetic records has justifiable grounds for refusing to produce them.

②If the court finds it to be necessary in order to ascertain the existence of a justifiable reason prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, it may require the holder of the documents or a person with authority to use electronic or magnetic records to produce them. In this case, no person may request disclosure of the produced documents or electronic or magnetic records.

③In cases under the preceding paragraph, if the court finds it necessary to disclose the documents or electronic or magnetic records prescribed in the second sentence of the preceding paragraph, and to hear the opinions of a party, etc. (meaning a party (or for a corporation, meaning its representative), an agent (excluding a counsel or an assistant), an employee, or any other worker of a party; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) on whether there is a justifiable reason prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1), it may disclose the relevant documents or electronic or magnetic records to the party, etc., a counsel or an assistant.

④The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the production of objects for inspection necessary to prove the alleged acts of infringement in an action to suspend or prevent an infringement under the provisions of Article 24.