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...
Ah. I guess the lesson is I should read the whole the article before putting my thoughts in words :) Abstracts are dangerous.