Apple facing $1.6bn payout over the use of iPad name in China

UK Daily Mail ^ | February 8, 2012 | Leon Watson

[C19fan]

A tech company suing Apple over use of the iPad name in China has upped its demands - saying it wants $1.6billion and an apology. China-based Proview Electronics won its case against the U.S. giant for alleged infringement for of its trademarked iPad name. But Apple, which had countersued, appealed the decision and the lawsuit is yet to be resolved.

[C19fan]

I hope Apple has greased the hands of the right Party bosses. Sounds like a case of "legal" extortion. Dark irony of a Chinese company suing a US based company over "protecting" intellectual property,

[Nervous Tick]

>> Dark irony of a Chinese company suing a US based company over “protecting” intellectual property,

Yeah, those wacky Chinese — paragons of virtue when it comes to respect for IP.

[Izzy Dunne]

Proview registered the IPAD trademark in 2001 in China for its own unsuccessful tablet computer called the I-PAD.

Apple bought the trademark from display manufacturer Proview Electronics (Taiwan) for $55,000 in 2006.

But, Proview claims the deal did not include the rights to the trademark in China, as those were owned by Proview Technology (Shenzhen), a subsidiary of Proview International in Hong Kong.

The Lawyer's Full Employment Act is in play here.

Sounds like ProView (Taiwan) sold something they didn't own.

[Flightdeck]

I finished the Steve Jobs biography last night. I never realized what a repugnant person he was.

[Dr. Ursus]

True,but he has his “Amen Group” on FR.

[Moltke]

Sounds like ProView (Taiwan) sold something they didn't own.

Good call, that could well be.

But that's why there is a trademark register, so one can look up the details for a specific mark, like who owns it, and if that who does not exactly match the who you're making a deal with, trouble will follow.

Someone on Apple's side screwed up big.