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Chinese court rejects an Apple lawsuit
A CHINESE COURT has rejected an Apple lawsuit that claims a technology company infringed its Ipad trademark.
The Intermediate People's Court in southern China rejected Apple's complaint against Chinese company Proview Technology, according to Reuters, because the latter had lawfully registered the Ipad trademark as long ago as 2000.
The ruling will be a blow for Apple, which is in the process of opening more stores in the key China market, as it will not be able to use the Ipad product name in the country for its tablets.
Proview is also taking legal action, seeking 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) in compensation from Apple for copyright infringement, Caixin Online reported in October.
The fruit themed company has been fighting quite a few legal battles around the world, most notably with Samsung, which it claims has infringed its patents. Most recently, a US court denied Apple's attempt to get Samsung's products banned in the US.
Last month, Samsung was somewhat victorious in Australia when it ensured that it could provide local shoppers with its gear in that country, after having seen off other similar challenges from Apple.
We have contacted Apple for a response about the court decision in China. µ
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You must be joking.
I will go sue some company for copying my ideas. They are so good at copying that they copied my idea even before I could come up with one.
Yea, that's how the justice system should work!
What the hell are you going on about? Apple is trying to rip off Proview. If they registered the trademark before Apple it's theirs and Apple is in the wrong... just because Apple is a bigger company does not mean that Proview should get screwed.
Being successfully brainwashed by braindead media serving resellers and 10% discounters, you think that by blaming Apple you support the fair pricing and competition while in reality you support thievery and Ripoff&Duplicatery.
No slightest doubt in my mind (and i follow this industry for more then three decades from the times when we personally assembled our first PCs from discrete chips ) that Apple deserved everything it achieved. All others almost with no single exclusion duplicate designs of no one else but Apple trying to capitalize on its success.
Just for fun, though the Inq team is totally different today, try to find 3 years old full of clownada, mockery, skepsys and anticipation of failure articles here and everywhere about Apple planning its first Ipad.
It's called "Karma," Mr. Cook. Apple's been spending billions of dollars trying to use the legal systems all over the world to prevent fair competition, and now you get to see how it works when a Chinese court, of all places, actually upholds the "first to file" law.
Hey, maybe you can call it the "meToo Pad."
@Ong Gia, your Engrish is epic!
Chinese is well known for "Rip-Off & Duplicate". This is a valuable lesson for western companies. You work with Chinese you have to know that they are going to still your stuffs.
Who makes $5 Rolex watch?