In intellectual property court cases, especially patent infringement cases and trademark infringement cases, there are large numbers of physical evidence, including infringing products, which need be examined during court hearing and preserved in the court for further proceeding. To solve problems related to preservation, management and transfer of the physical evidence, Qingdao Intermediate People's Court has designed a “3D Evidence Management System”, which can instantly realize the electronic scanning, display and preservation of physical evidence at the stages of evidence preservation, judicial investigation and case trial.
Digitalization of the physical evidence includes following steps. The relevant judges will first apply for 3D evidence scanning and investigation out-of-court on relevant system. After approval, the relevant judges will take the physical evidence to the 3D scanning room and ask the litigants to confirm and sign electronically. The modeler will then scan, evaluate and register the physical evidence according to the judge’s requirement. The litigants will also confirm the result of the 3D scanning. After digitalization, the physical evidence will be uploaded to the court’s system for the judges and litigants for review and exam in further proceeding. The physical evidence will be returned to the concerned litigant.
The block-chain encryption technology is also applied in the “3D Evidence Management System”. The 3D model of the evidence, the relevant audio or video, the litigant’s commitment and electronic signature and other information related to the digitalized evidence cannot be changed once upload to the system.
Source:
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-300301.html (Chinese)