The U.S. tech giant gains a small victory in regards to its ongoing trademark dispute in China over the iPad name, since the request for a legal injunction which would have forced Apple to stop iPad sales in its Shanghai stores has been rejected by the Chinese Court.
On Thursday, the press got a hold of an official statement coming from the Shanghai court, in which they didn?t grant the injunction requested by Chinese company Proview (in case you forgot, Proview got the iPad trademark ever since 2001) in its ongoing battle with Apple. The court declared that all further hearings will be postponed until a ruling will be made in one other Chinese court, where ownership of the trademark is under debate.
In the past, Apple received quite a legal blow when a court in Shenzhen, China rejected in December the company?s claims to the iPad trademark. However, Apple,made an appeal regarding this verdict in the Guangdong provincial high court; the next hearing is scheduled to take place next week.
The Shanghai court said that since the case has yet to be reviewed by the Guangdong court the ownership of the iPad trademark still remains unclear.
Proview, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, has filed official complaints and legal actions with regulatory officials in order to stop the iPad from being sold in the country. A court in the Chinese city of Huizhou ruled on Friday that the local electronics retailer Sundan had stop selling the iPad models available on stock at one of its stores due to trademark infringement. A lawyer representing Sundan declared on behalf of its employers that the company is considering appealing the decision.
Ma Dongxiao, one of the lawyers representing Proview, declared that the Shanghai court?s ruling was not the final decision. The iPad sales are being investigated by more than 30 regulatory offices all over the country, according to Proview. The sum the company expects Apple to pay for the acquisition of the trademark is rumored to be some US$400 million.
Carolyn Wu, an Apple spokeswoman declared that Proview refused to honor its agreement their company after they had already paid for the trademark a few years back.
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