Chinese city seizes Apple iPads in name dispute

February 13th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Cupertino, California-based Apple has five stores in mainland China – two in
Beijing and three in Shanghai – and authorised resellers in other cities.
Phone calls to the Beijing and Shanghai commercial bureaus, which enforce
trademarks, were not answered.

Shenzhen Proview registered the iPad name in China in 2001. Apple bought
rights to the name from a Taiwan affiliate, Proview Taipei, that registered
it in various countries as early as 2000. The mainland company says it still
owns the name in China.

A Chinese court rejected Apple’s complaint in December that Shenzhen Proview
was violating its rights to the iPad name. The court ruled Proview is not
bound by a 2009 agreement under which Proview Taipei transferred the
trademarks to Apple for £35,000.

Shenzhen Proview says it filed a trademark violation complaint in January with
the commercial bureau of Beijing.

The company has asked authorities in more than 20 cities to investigate and to
destroy promotional materials that violate its trademark, said its lawyer,
Xie Xianghui. He declined to identify the cities, saying that might disrupt
investigations.

“We haven’t made a demand for economic compensation. We will pursue it
through another channel,” Xie said.

Shenzhen Proview Technology is a subsidiary of LCD screen maker Proview
International Holdings Ltd., headquartered in Hong Kong.

Source: AP