Summary Box: Chinese city seizes Apple iPads

 

Published: February 13, 2012

WHAT'S IN A NAME?: Because of a dispute over ownership of the iPad name, authorities have seized Apple's tablet computer in a city in northern China.

ABOUT THE DISPUTE: Shenzhen Proview Technology registered the iPad name in China in 2001. Apple bought rights to it 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 ...


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