Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Jurisdiction of First-Instance Intellectual Property Civil and Administrative Cases - Fondee IP Law LLC

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• Release information: adopted at the 1858th meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on December 27, 2021, published on April 20, 2022 as Legal Interpretation [2022] No. 13, and effective from May 1, 2022.
• Core rule: clarifies which courts hear first-instance intellectual property civil and administrative cases, including IP courts, intermediate people’s courts in provincial capital cities, and other intermediate people’s courts designated by the Supreme People’s Court.
• Case coverage: covers invention patents, utility models, new plant varieties, integrated circuit layout designs, trade secrets, computer software, monopoly disputes, and related ownership, infringement, and well-known trademark matters.
• Practical effect: standardizes the entry point for first-instance IP disputes through tiered jurisdiction, transfer, and jurisdiction-adjustment rules.

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