1 Jurisdiction over patent infringement, major foreign-related cases. Foreign-related cases refer to civil cases with foreign-related elements. Major foreign-related cases refer to foreign-related cases in which the amount of the dispute is large, the case is complex, or there are a large number of parties living abroad. 2. Cases with significant impact in this jurisdiction. This means that the impact of the case extends beyond the jurisdiction of the basic courts and has a significant impact within the jurisdiction of the intermediate courts. 3. The Supreme Court determines cases to be under the jurisdiction of the intermediate courts. This means that the Supreme Court determines certain cases to be assigned to the intermediate court as the court of first instance based on the needs of trial work. At present, such cases mainly include: (1) maritime and maritime cases. Maritime and admiralty cases are under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Court, which is a specialized court. my country has established maritime courts in Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shanghai, Wuhan and other places, and the maritime courts are all intermediate courts. (2) Patent dispute cases. There are two types of patent dispute cases: one is patent administrative cases, which fall within the scope of administrative litigation; the other is patent civil cases, which falls within the scope of civil litigation. Patent civil cases mainly include disputes about the fees for using inventions, utility models, and designs after the patent application is published but before the patent right is granted; disputes about patent infringement; and contract disputes about the transfer of patent application rights or patent rights. Patent civil cases are under the jurisdiction of the intermediate courts where provinces, autonomous regions, and municipal governments are located, as well as the intermediate courts in Dalian, Qingdao, and various special economic zones. (3) Major civil cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. (4) Economic dispute cases in which the subject amount of litigation is large or the litigation unit is at or above the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government.