Hefei IP Court Is Established

2017/09/19

Recently, Hefei Intellectual Property Court was officially established. Zhang Shuyuan, Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court and Yao Yuzhou, Member of Standing Committee and Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Commission of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee jointly inaugurated Hefei IP Court.
Approved by the Supreme People’s Court and the Office of Commission for Establishing Government Organization of Anhui, Hefei IP Court as a specialized tribunal belongs to Hefei Intermediate People’s Court. It is responsible for the trial of the following types of cases: IP civil and administrative cases of first instance related to patents, technical secrets, computer software, new plant varieties, IC layout design, well-known trademark identification and monopoly disputes in the jurisdiction of Anhui etc.

Source: IPR in China