The intellectual property court hears the following cases:
1. A case that refuses to accept the judgments and rulings of the Higher People's Court, the Intellectual Property Court and the Intermediate People's Court on first-instance civil cases such as invention patents, utility model patents, new plant varieties, layout-design of integrated circuits, technical secrets, computer software and monopoly.
2. Appeal against the Beijing Intellectual Property Court's ruling on the first-instance administrative case of invention patent, utility model patent, design patent, new plant variety and layout design of integrated circuit.
3. Cases that refuse to accept the judgments and rulings of the Higher People's Court, the Intellectual Property Court and the Intermediate People's Court on administrative cases of first instance, such as invention patents, utility model patents, design patents, new plant varieties, layout-design of integrated circuits, technical secrets, computer software, monopoly administrative penalties, etc.
4. Major and complicated civil and administrative cases of first instance referred to in items 1, 2 and 3 of this article nationwide.
5. Cases that are subject to trial supervision procedures such as retrial, protest and retrial shall be subject to legally effective judgments, rulings and conciliation statements in cases of first instance mentioned in Items (1), (2) and (3) of this article.
6. The cases referred to in items 1, 2 and 3 of this article shall govern cases such as disputes, fines, detention decisions, applications for reconsideration, and requests for extension of the trial period.
7. Other cases that the Supreme People's Court thinks should be tried by the intellectual property court.