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posted: More than 30 offices across China of a commerce regulatory body are investigating Apple's sales of the iPad in the country, according to the lawyer for the little-known Chinese company that has accused Apple of trademark infringement.
Authorities in one Chinese city, Shijiazhuang, have reportedly gone as far as to seize iPad tablets from local merchants, after Proview filed a complaint claiming ownership of the iPad trademark.
Proview, a display vendor that has filed for bankruptcy, has been locked in court battles with Apple over control of the iPad trademark in mainland China.
Apple was dealt a legal blow in December, when a Shenzhen court rejected its claim that it had bought the trademark from a Proview subsidiary in Taiwan.
posted: More than 30 offices across China of a commerce regulatory body are investigating Apple's sales of the iPad in the country, according to the lawyer for the little-known Chinese company that has accused Apple of trademark infringement.
Authorities in one Chinese city, Shijiazhuang, have reportedly gone as far as to seize iPad tablets from local merchants, after Proview filed a complaint claiming ownership of the iPad trademark.
Proview, a display vendor that has filed for bankruptcy, has been locked in court battles with Apple over control of the iPad trademark in mainland China.
Apple was dealt a legal blow in December, when a Shenzhen court rejected its claim that it had bought the trademark from a Proview subsidiary in Taiwan.
This ought to be hilarious considering Proview has called for government intervention to prevent the import or export of iPads in China. You know, where they are manufactured. I love that the nation of IP theft has a court system willing to make the assist.
But I'm sure this is an isolated incident that could never happen in other areas of manufacture...
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They patented the word iPad