Patent dispute cases shall be under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's court.
Legal basis: Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Jurisdiction of Intellectual Property Courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Article 1 The intellectual property courts shall have jurisdiction over the following cases of first instance within the municipal district where they are located: (1) patents, new plant varieties, layout-design of integrated circuits, technical secrets, and civil and administrative cases of computer software; (two) administrative cases involving copyright, trademark rights, unfair competition and other administrative acts formulated by the the State Council Municipal Department or the local people's governments at or above the county level; (3) Civil cases involving the identification of well-known trademarks.