No Flame Wars!
Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!
PLEASE! Don't respond to the Anti-Apple Thread Trolls!
IGNORE THEM!!!
Apple iPad Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
Posted on 10/29/2010 5:01:35 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Proview, a struggling Taiwanese-owned company, has threatened to sue Apple for alleged trademark infringement, in a lingering dispute that illustrates the complexity of branding in far-flung markets.
“We will sue them for damages in China and in the US,” Yang Rongshan, Proview’s chairman, told the Financial Times.
If Proview does pursue legal action, trademark experts said Apple could face additional costs in selling its iPad tablet computer in China, where Proview claims rights.
Proview is a contract manufacturer of flat screens that made an unsuccessful attempt almost a decade ago to market a tablet computer it called I-Pad.
The company registered trademarks for the IPAD name in the EU, China, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam between 2000 and 2004, trademark databases show.
(Excerpt) Read more at ft.com ...
oh please.
I am sure people are confused.
lol.
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
Dang. You would think Apples legal beagles would have caught that before branding. Before release, it’s cheap to buy up. Now, it’s going to be expensive.
Now they want $800 million for the TradeMark in China... even though it is now apparently held by a debtor, so they claim, in a bankruptcy claim, who is owed $400 million in bad debts by the company. I think they want Apple to get them out of debt by claiming something that just isn't so.
They DID... the Taiwanese company is claiming they sold all the rights to Apple except one of their divisions retained the Chinese rights... sort of secretly... shhhh... don't tell anyone... Right. Sure! Why not... sell it but keep it too. I'm sure that's legal. That's why Apple has already sued them in Shenzhen and Hong Kong courts... before they brought their claim... when they asserted they owned the iPad name in China. They DID sell it.
This is like selling your car, but claiming your brother-in-law has retained title to it... because he is living in the back bedroom...
I think you are exactly right
Ah. I guess the lesson is I should read the whole the article before putting my thoughts in words :) Abstracts are dangerous.
Hmmmm. The Chinese don’t like it when other people delve into copyright infringement of their unsuccessful products.
Very interesting.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.