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Apple: iPad has become brandnomer for tablets, letting Proview use the moniker would hurt and confuse consumers
The iPad maker is defending the moniker by insisting the device has become synonymous with both the company name and the tablets. PCWorld quotes Apple’s legal representatives who argued at the Guangdong Province Higher People’s Court hearing this morning that Apple made the iPad name famous in the first place: Among consumers across the world, [...]
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Apple: Report Proview Seeks China Export Ban On iPads
Well, here’s a nightmare scenario for Apple. According to Reuters, the China-based company Proview Technology (Shenzhen) intends to seek a ban on exports from China of Apple’s iPad tablets. Proview claims to own the trademark to the... Read Post
How Apple used a British shell company to snap up the iPad trademark from Proview
If you’re not familiar with the legal battle between Apple and Chinese company Proview over the trademark for the name ‘iPad’, it’s a pretty interesting read. Our latest post on... Read Post
Apple Settles $60M iPad Trademark Suit
Apple is ending a Chinese trademark spat with a $60 million settlement. Apple bought the rights to the iPad name from Chinese firm Proview in 2009, the US company says—but Proview argues that it maintained rights to the name in Chin... Read Post