近日,最高人民法院發佈了《關於同意南京市、蘇州市、武漢市、成都市中級人民法院内設專門審判機構並跨區管轄部分知識產權案件的批覆》。最高人民法院在批覆中表示,原則同意在南京、蘇州、武漢、成都市中級人民法院内設專門審理知識產權案件的機構,並跨區管轄部分知識產權案件。其中,同意指定武漢市中級人民法院管轄發生在湖北省轄區内有關專利、植物新品種、集成電路佈圖設計、技術秘密、計算機軟件、涉及馳名商標認定及壟斷糾紛的第一 Recently, the Supreme People’s Court promulgated the “Reply on Approval of Some Special Judicial Institutions within the Intermediate People’s Courts of Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu and Some Cases of Transnational Jurisdiction over Intellectual Property Rights.” In its reply, the Supreme People’s Court said that it agreed in principle to set up special agencies for handling intellectual property cases in Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu Intermediate People’s Courts and to regulate some intellectual property cases across districts. Among them, it was agreed that the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court had jurisdiction over the first patent dispute involving patents, new plant varieties, layout design of integrated circuits, technical secrets, computer software, recognition of well-known trademarks and monopoly disputes in Hubei Province