Legal Basis: Several Provisions on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Patent Dispute Cases Article 2 Patent dispute cases of first instance shall be under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's courts where the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government are located and the intermediate people's courts designated by the Supreme People's Court. According to the actual situation, the Supreme People's Court can designate grass-roots people's courts to have jurisdiction over patent dispute cases of first instance.