The Supreme People’s Court introduced judicial explanations to express the jurisdiction of the trademark cases

2014/04/18

The Supreme Court issued the Explanations of the Supreme Court on Jurisdiction and Law Application of Trademark Cases after Implementation of Modified Trademark Law (FS [2014] No.4) on April 10th, 2014. The Explanations was adopted at the 1606th Meeting of the Supreme People’s Court Judicial Council, and will be implemented from May 1st, 2014, under which the appropriate intermediate courts in Beijing shall have the jurisdiction over the administrative cases refusing to accept the retrial decision or award made by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board and the specific trademark related administrative cases from the SAIC Trademark Office; and civil and administrative cases involving protection of famous trademarks shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate intermediate courts in the places where the people’s governments of provincial and autonomous region are located, in the municipalities with independent planning status and direct-controlled municipalities, and other intermediate courts designated by the Supreme People’s Court.

(Source: China IP Magazine)