Currently in China, a legal battle is going on between Chinese company Proview, Apple, and a group a eight Chinese banks. Proview claimed that it owned the trademark for the iPad name in China, and as a result the new iPad (third generation) is still not available to the public in China. A group of eight Chinese banks are also saying that they own the trademark, not Proview, after a seizure of assets from the company that occurred in 2009.
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Recently, the Trademark Trial and Appeal board at the US Patent and Trademark Office denied Apple’s application for a trademark on Multi-Touch – an application that Apple filed on January 9,2007, when the first iPhone was introduced.
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We seem to have a lot of articles about Apple and China these days. We’ve covered various updates on fake Apple stores, as well as tons of more information. The truth is, China is the land of illegitimate stuff, from $5 Nike flip-flops to iPhones that don’t even work. One of the things that Apple brought us with the iPad 2 was the smart cover, and it seems pretty easy for Chinese vendors to knock off those, doesn’t it? Well, not anymore, if Apple is going to have its way.
Read More →Something that we’ve been following up on quite recently is a company named iCloud Communications LLC, who is apparently claiming that the iCloud name that Apple is using for their new cloud service online is trademarked by iCloud Communications. More details from TUAW:
It’s an interesting lawsuit from a legal standpoint. Apple has filed 11 [...]
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