Intellectual Property and Commercial Court Organization Act Article 3

Jurisdiction of the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court includes the following:1. First instance and second instance civil actions for the protection of intellectual property rights and interests arising under the Patent Act, the Trademark Act, the Copyright Act, the Optical Disk Act, the Trade Secrets Act, the Integrated Circuit Layout Protection Act, the Plant Variety and Plant Seed Act, or the Fair Trade Act as well as commercial actions under the Commercial Case Adjudication Act.2. Offenses under Articles 253, 254, 317, and 318 of the Criminal Code, violation of the Trademark Act, the Copyright Act, and cases under Articles 72 to 74 of the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act, and appeals or interlocutory appeals against the decisions on criminal actions rendered by district courts in the first instance in an ordinary, summary, or plea bargain proceeding; first instance criminal actions under Article 13-1, 13-2, Paragraph 3 of Article 13-3 and Article 13-4 of the Trade Secrets Act; second instance criminal actions under the Trade Secrets Act; first instance criminal actions under Paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 8 of the National Security Act. Criminal actions involving juveniles shall be excluded.3. First instance administrative actions and compulsory enforcement matters concerning intellectual property rights arising under the Patent Act, the Trademark Act, the Copyright Act, the Copyright Collective Management Organization Act, the Optical Disk Act, the Integrated Circuit Layout Protection Act, the Plant Variety and Plant Seed Act, or the Fair Trade Act.4. Other cases prescribed by law or determined by the Judicial Yuan to be within the jurisdiction of the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court.