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THE MAKER OF SHINY TOYS, Apple has had the accusatory finger of trademark infringement pointed at it.
The accusation has been levelled by the Chinese computer screen maker Proview Technology, which is arguing that it owns the rights to the name "Ipad" in China.
The Ipad only turned up in China last month, and it was probably around that time that Proview started ringing up its lawyers and telling them that it owns the rights to the name in the Middle Kingdom. According to the Beijing news it has had the name registered as a trademark since January 2000.
The AFP story claims that one of the Proview shareholders is asking Apple to stop using the name in the country or face the forced removal of its products. Which, as any cowboy will tell you, is fighting talk.
This is not the first time that the two firms have argued over the matter. The pair previously held talks over the transferal of the trademark, which came to nothing. Nothing might be the wrong word however, as it could have been the value of the name that caused those talks to fail.
Proview apparently has put a price tag of $800 million on the Ipad name, and having already been told by the cappuccino firm that it is not allowed to sell to a third party, thinks that Apple is being arrogant by trying to sell the device on its patch.
THE MAKER OF SHINY TOYS, Apple has had the accusatory finger of trademark infringement pointed at it.
The accusation has been levelled by the Chinese computer screen maker Proview Technology, which is arguing that it owns the rights to the name "Ipad" in China.
The Ipad only turned up in China last month, and it was probably around that time that Proview started ringing up its lawyers and telling them that it owns the rights to the name in the Middle Kingdom. According to the Beijing news it has had the name registered as a trademark since January 2000.
The AFP story claims that one of the Proview shareholders is asking Apple to stop using the name in the country or face the forced removal of its products. Which, as any cowboy will tell you, is fighting talk.
This is not the first time that the two firms have argued over the matter. The pair previously held talks over the transferal of the trademark, which came to nothing. Nothing might be the wrong word however, as it could have been the value of the name that caused those talks to fail.
Proview apparently has put a price tag of $800 million on the Ipad name, and having already been told by the cappuccino firm that it is not allowed to sell to a third party, thinks that Apple is being arrogant by trying to sell the device on its patch.
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