Dec
Last year, just prior to launching the iPad in China, Apple attempted to trademark the name ‘iPad’ in the People’s Republic. However, according to reuters the request was refused, since Shenzhen-based Proview Technology already owned the trademark Apple sued, but last week the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court threw out Apple’s claim to the trademark.
Proview Technology has been targeting Apple’s resellers in Shenzhen and Huizhou, calling for an immediate halt to sales of Apple’s beloved slate. If successful Proview Technology intends to extend the iPad ban across the whole of China . It’ll be interesting to see how this legal battle develops – to any westerner it looks like piggy-backing on Apple’s good name, but the People’s Republic of China takes quite a relaxed view of such topics as intellectual property rights. However a country-wide ban would surely see Apple’s withdrawal from the country, and that surely would be unthinkable?
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