Taken from:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46380126/ns/business-us_business/
It seems like a Chinese company claims it has the rights to the name "iPad":
"A Chinese tech firm that says it owns the iPad trademark, plans to seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc's computer tablets from China, a lawyer for the company said."
The article indicates that Apple says they purchased the rights ("Apple said it had bought the worldwide rights to the trademark long ago."); but the article also states: "Apple lost a case to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) in a Shenzhen court in southern China late last year when the court agreed that Proview owned the iPad trademark."
The Proview Technology company is asking the Chinese import / export agents to stop Apple from shipping iPads out (or in) to China.
While Apple has had great successes lately (highest stock price ever, huge sales and profits); it also has problems (disputed use of child labor, and labor practices in China in general).
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Who knows, you might be using an "iTablet" (instead of an iPad) in the future!!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46380126/ns/business-us_business/
It seems like a Chinese company claims it has the rights to the name "iPad":
"A Chinese tech firm that says it owns the iPad trademark, plans to seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc's computer tablets from China, a lawyer for the company said."
The article indicates that Apple says they purchased the rights ("Apple said it had bought the worldwide rights to the trademark long ago."); but the article also states: "Apple lost a case to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) in a Shenzhen court in southern China late last year when the court agreed that Proview owned the iPad trademark."
The Proview Technology company is asking the Chinese import / export agents to stop Apple from shipping iPads out (or in) to China.
While Apple has had great successes lately (highest stock price ever, huge sales and profits); it also has problems (disputed use of child labor, and labor practices in China in general).
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Who knows, you might be using an "iTablet" (instead of an iPad) in the future!!!
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