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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Chinese court rejects injunction to stop iPad sales at Apple stores
By Michael Kan
February 23, 2012 07:35 AM ET2
IDG News Service - A request for a legal injunction that would have forced
Apple to halt iPad sales in its Shanghai stores has been rejected, giving
the U.S. tech giant a small victory as it faces an ongoing trademark dispute
in China over the iPad name.
A Shanghai court said in a statement on Thursday that it would not grant the
injunction requested by Chinese company Proview, which acquired the iPad
trademark in 2001 and is fighting with Apple over its ownership. The court
said it would postpone further hearings until a ruling was made in another
Chinese court, where ownership of the trademark is expected to be decided.
Previously, Apple had been dealt a legal blow when in December a court in
Shenzhen, China rejected the company's claims to the iPad trademark. Apple,
however, is appealing the decision in the Guangdong provincial high court,
which is scheduled to have its hearing on the case next week.
Because the Guangdong court has yet to review the case, ownership of the
iPad trademark is still unclear, the Shanghai court said.
Proview, which is facing bankruptcy, has filed legal action and complaints
with regulatory officials to stop iPad sales in the country. On Friday, a
court in the Chinese city of Huizhou ruled that local electronics retailer
Sundan had to halt iPad sales at one of its stores because of trademark
infringement. A lawyer with Sundan said the company is considering appealing
the decision.
Ma Dongxiao, a lawyer for Proview, said the Shanghai court's ruling was not
the final decision on the matter. More than 30 regulatory offices across the
country are investigating iPad sales, according to Proview. A
representative for the company said last Friday it wants Apple to pay US$400
million to buy the trademark.
Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu said Proview refuses to honor its agreement
with the company after Apple bought the trademarks several years ago. |
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