Government officials have shops in a Chinese city dozens of iPads were seized. Rise to the action is a lawsuit in which a Chinese court vonniste that Apple in China has no rights on the brand name iPad.
In Shijiazhuang, located in the north of China, would since last week Thursday in various electronics stores Apple iPads have been seized. Also, many retailers as a precaution, the tablet from the shop windows and shelves have been removed, after government officials iPads started. Large numbers are not yet; since two days are 45 iPads confiscated, reports China Daily.
The seizures follow a ruling by a Chinese court in december, which allows Apple to a case it lost against the Chinese company Proview Technology. According to Apple, would Proview erroneously tablets on the Chinese market with the brand name iPad. According to the court in China, however, elektronicafirma Proview Technology the rights to the iPad trade name, because it would be proven that Proview in the Chinese city of Shenzhen the brand in 2001, registrated and thus Apple too fast.
To compensate would Proview Technology a compensation of about 1,17 billion euro requirements, but Apple is appealing the decision. Nevertheless, Chinese government officials proceeded to the seizure.