The Chinese company Proview Technology wants a ban on Apple’s iPad from China. It is still unclear whether the Chinese authorities it will be responsive, but the number of seized iPads from stores is growing.
Proview Technology out of the Chinese city of Shenzhen has through his lawyer at the Chinese customs with a request filed to both the import and the export of iPads the right to prohibit, so reports Reuters news agency. The authorities have not yet responded to the request for a ban. If the export ban for the iPad from China are actually carried out by the authorities, then it may be significant consequences for Apple. The company produces the lion’s share of its tablets in China.
Meanwhile, reports The New York Times that the authorities in a second Chinese city have begun seizing iPads. In addition to Shijiazhuang should now also in Xuzhou tablets of Apple from the store are met. The iPads will be according to the authorities ‘temporarily confiscated’ and retailers that the tablet is still offering to do this under the counter. Proview would require a total in twenty cities iPads will be confiscated.
Proview Technology claims to have the exclusive right within China on the brand name iPad, while Apple claims the brand world is in your hands. The court ruled in december last year, however, that the Chinese company within China has the right to the iPad trade name. Apple immediately decided to appeal. This case starts on February 29, at the supreme court in Guangdong.