According to the Chinese organization, which trademarks shall remain the brand name iPad in that country belong to the Chinese company Proview Technology. Proview complained to Apple because of misrepresentation during the sale of the brand name.
The brand name iPad in China is owned by the Chinese company Proview Technology, says a representative of the Chinese National Copyright Administration. That is also true, as long as the court proceedings between Apple and Proview over the name of the brand is still running, reports the Asian ZDNet. In that case is determined by whom the brand will eventually land.
In a Chinese lawsuit that Apple had filed, and lost the American company at the beginning of december the commercial on the brand name iPad to Proview. Apple claimed that it is the brand name, which Proview in 2000 had applied for, for converted about 40,000 euro was purchased, but the court dismissed that claim. Thereafter, a large number of iPads in China confiscated.
Proview demanded an export and import ban, which was rejected, and about 1,17 billion euro in compensation, which Apple has lodged an appeal. A lawyer of Proview reports that he is trying the case outside the court proceedings to settle.
Also in the United States, a lawsuit between Proview Technology and Apple. There has Proview Apple at the end of February sued for misrepresentation during the acquisition of the disputed trademark and wants the brand name back. Proview had the brand name was sold to a company called IP Application Development, a shell company of Apple, created to Apple’s role in the acquisition to disguise the fact, according to Proview.
