The Supreme People's Court has issued the Provisions of Jurisdiction Concerning Trial of Administrative Cases of Confirmation of Intellectual Property Right such as Patent Right and Trademark Right (referred as to the Provisions of Jurisdiction) on Jun 30, 2009. The Provisions of Jurisdiction came into force on July first, 2009. According to the Provisions of Jurisdiction, four categories of administrative cases relating to confirmation of the right of patent, trademark, layout-designs of integrated circuits and new plant variety are uniformly heard by the intellectual property tribunals. Beijing Nos. 1 and 2 Intermediate People's Courts services as the court of first instance concerning the categories of cases mentioned above. Beijing Higher People's Court is the court of second instance for the said categories of cases. If the parties do not satisfy effective judgment or adjudication made by the people's court, the parties can ask to the people's court at a higher level for retrial of the cases. The intellectual property tribunal of the people's court at a higher level is responsible for examination and hearing of the retrial case.