1. First-instance cases of patent disputes 1. First-instance cases of general patent disputes. According to Article 2, paragraph 1, of the "Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Applicable Legal Issues in the Trial of Patent Dispute Cases", first-instance cases of patent disputes shall be designated by the Intermediate People's Court and the Supreme People's Court where the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government are located. The Intermediate People's Court has jurisdiction. Paragraph 2 of this article stipulates that the Supreme People's Court may designate grassroots people's courts to have jurisdiction over first-instance patent dispute cases based on actual circumstances. In practice, with the approval and designation of the Supreme People's Court, the People's Courts of Yiwu, Kunshan and Haidian hear design and utility model patent cases. 2. Patent administrative cases involving the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office as the defendant shall be under the jurisdiction of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court. 2. First-instance cases of trademark civil disputes 1. First-instance cases of general trademark civil disputes. According to Article 2 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Issues Concerning the Jurisdiction and Scope of Application of Law in the Trial of Trademark Cases, the first-instance cases of trademark civil disputes are under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's courts and above. Each higher people's court shall, based on the actual situation of its jurisdiction, With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, 1-2 grassroots people's courts in larger cities can be designated to accept first-instance trademark civil dispute cases. 2. Cases of dissatisfaction with the review decision or ruling made by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Council’s Administration for Industry and Commerce shall be under the jurisdiction of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. 3. Copyright civil dispute cases. According to Article 2 of the "Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Copyright Civil Dispute Cases", cases of copyright civil disputes shall be under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's courts and above. Each higher people's court may determine a number of matters based on the actual situation of its jurisdiction. The grassroots people's courts have jurisdiction over first-instance cases of copyright civil disputes. 4. First-instance civil cases against unfair competition. According to Article 18 of the Interpretation Cases of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases concerning Unfair Competition, first-instance civil cases against unfair competition are generally under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's courts, and the higher people's courts shall, in accordance with this provision, Based on the actual situation in the jurisdiction, and with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, a number of basic people's courts can be determined to accept first-instance civil cases of unfair competition. Basic people's courts that have been approved to hear civil cases involving intellectual property rights can continue to accept them. Infringement of intellectual property rights involves many aspects, such as patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trade secret infringement, etc. Under different infringement disputes, the courts with jurisdiction are different. Among them, if it is a first-instance case involving a general patent infringement dispute, it is usually under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate People's Court where the people's government of each province, autonomous region, or municipality is located and the Intermediate People's Court designated by the Supreme People's Court.