Lower Chinese Court Rules Shops Should Pull iPads

An electronics firm said Tuesday it would ask customs in China to block iPad imports after it won a copyright case against Apple, prompting one city to pull some of the tablet computers from shops.Proview Technology (Shenzhen) says it owns the Chinese rights for the name "iPad" but Apple -- claiming trademark infringement -- last year took the firm to a Chinese court, which unexpectedly rejected the case over lack of evidence."We are preparing requests to customs for blocking iPad imports," Xie Xianghui, the firm's lawyer, told AFP.

A Chinese computer company which sued Apple over the rights to the iPad trademark in China is now in talks for an out-of-court settlement, a lawyer for the firm said Monday.Proview Technology, based in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, has been locked in a drawn-out legal fight with the US technology giant over ownership of the Chinese rights to the "iPad" trademark, which both claim as their own."Both parties are now negotiating a settlement," Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Proview, told AFP.

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Apple reportedly reached a settlement over the iPad name in China, with news reports saying the company paid Proview Shenzhen $60 million to end the trademark dispute and allow it to start selling the third generation of the tablet in its fastest-growing market. A lawyer for Proview Shenzhen, Xie Xiangui, was [...]

Apple’s trademark dispute with a Chinese firm over the term “iPad” is getting knottier by the day for the U.S. technology giant.

A top Chinese official on Tuesday sided with a Chinese firm involved in a legal battle with Apple over the iPad trademark, suggesting the US giant could lose the right to use the iconic name in China.Proview Technology, based in the southern city of Shenzhen, has been locked in a protracted legal battle with Apple over ownership of the Chinese rights to the "iPad" trademark, which both claim as their own.

A trademark dispute between Apple and a Chinese computer maker moved to Shanghai, where the debt-laden plaintiff is seeking to stop the sale of the US giant's iconic iPad.Proview Technology (Shenzhen) says it owns the Chinese rights to the "iPad" name and is asking the Shanghai court to order Apple to stop selling its trendy tablet computer in the city, where it has three stores.

A Taiwan-linked company which claims ownership of the iPad trademark in China has filed lawsuits and lodged complaints against Apple for infringement, according to a lawyer.Apple lost a legal battle against Proview Technology (Shenzhen) last year after a Chinese court ruled the US company lacked evidence in its claim that Proview was infringing its trademark for the iconic tablet computer.