County courts

Approved by the Supreme Court of the People's Republic of China, nine county- and district-level people's courts in Zhejiang province will accept and hear some IPR civil cases from July 1. Together with the first four courts obtaining the approval last year, up to now, there are 13 county- and district-level people's courts in Zhejiang that can accept and hear some IPR civil cases, ranking No 2 throughout the whole county. They are people's courts of Xihu district in Hangzhou; Leqing; Shaoxing; Yuhuan; Wucheng district in Jihua, Nanhu district in Jiaxing, Yinzhou district in Ningbo; Yuyao; Beilun district in Ningbo; Binjiang district in Hangzhou; Cixi; Ruian; and Yiwu.

The IPR civil cases heard by the courts include first-instance IPR civil dispute cases with the sum in the appeal or dispute of less than 5 million yuan happening in the jurisdiction district, excluding disputes of patent, new plant variety and layout-design of integrated circuits and recognition of well-known trademark. Foreign-related IPR civil cases shall still be heard by intermediate people's courts, except Yiwu Municipal People's Court.

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