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Beijing
Beijing will have a unique role among the IP courts, as it will be the forum for hearing appeals from the Patent Review Board and the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board.
![Beijing IP court flow chart](https://assets.euromoneydigital.com/dims4/default/86aa95c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/633x1070+0+0/resize/800x1352!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feuromoney-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2F32%2F1a8a75640a4a929b9ac090f0ec96%2Fbeijing-jurisdiction-over-ip-civil-and-administrative-matters3.png)
Shanghai
![Shanghai IP court flow chart](https://assets.euromoneydigital.com/dims4/default/81619f9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/608x973+0+0/resize/800x1280!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feuromoney-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fda%2F06%2F667d943e930e18faa3a698c71263%2Fshanghai-jurisdiction-over-ip-civil-and-administrative-matters1.png)
Guangzhou
Guangzhou’s structure is also unique, because while Shanghai and Beijing are direct controlled municipalities, Guangzhou is a sub-provincial city. Guangzhou will have jurisdiction of some, but not all, types of IP cases from other parts of Guangdong province.
![Guangzhou IP court flow chart](https://assets.euromoneydigital.com/dims4/default/8770907/2147483647/strip/true/crop/627x851+0+0/resize/800x1086!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feuromoney-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa0%2Fd9%2F164e6fb1e8f8ad5dd7850bf2c5e7%2Fguangdong-jurisdiction-over-ip-civil-and-administrative-matters2.png)