Event result of iPad trademark infringement case:
Apple and Shenzhen Proview Company reached a settlement on the dispute over iPad trademark, and Apple paid Shenzhen Proview $6 million to obtain the trademark use right of iPad in mainland China.
memorabilia of the dispute over Proview Apple iPad:
In p>2, Proview Group registered the trademark of iPad in Europe and other parts of the world. The following year, Shenzhen Proview, a mainland subsidiary of Proview, registered the Chinese trademark of iPad.
in December p>29, Apple bought the global trademark right of iPad from Proview International, a subsidiary of Proview Taiwan Province, for 35, pounds through its British subsidiary IP Application.
in January p>21, apple officially released the iPad. In February, Apple asked the China Trademark Office to revoke the trademark No.19557 on the grounds that Shenzhen Proview stopped using the iPad trademark for three consecutive years.
In April p>21, Apple sued Shenzhen Proview in Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, arguing that it held the ownership of the iPad trademark in mainland China based on the previous transfer agreement. However, the Shenzhen court rejected this appeal, arguing that Apple reached an agreement with Proview International and did not sign a contract with Shenzhen Proview, and there was no evidence that Shenzhen Proview approved this agreement.
In p>211, Proview sued Apple distributors in Shenzhen and Huizhou, demanding that the iPad be banned. In February, Apple sued Shenzhen Proview in Shenzhen court, demanding compensation from Shenzhen Proview and confirming that Apple owns the trademark right of iPad in mainland China. This is the first time for both parties to confront each other head-on. In March, Shenzhen Proview filed a complaint with Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, demanding a fine for apple whose trademark was infringed. In December, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court ruled that Apple lost the case, and its compensation and trademark requirements were rejected.
On February 22nd, 212, Shenzhen Proview sued Apple's general distributor for infringement in Shanghai Pudong New Area Court, but the court did not pronounce a verdict. On February 29th, the second trial of Apple suing Shenzhen Proview for obtaining the trademark right of iPad in mainland China was held in Guangdong Higher People's Court.
on April 1, 212, the Shenzhen intermediate people's court ruled that Fubon company (one of Proview's creditors) was rejected in its application for bankruptcy liquidation of Proview.
On May 9, 212, Mark Pierce, a judge of California High Court, dismissed Proview's lawsuit against Apple's iPad for trademark infringement at Apple's request on May 4.
On July 2, 212, Guangdong Higher People's Court announced that Apple and Shenzhen Proview had reached a settlement on the trademark rights of iPad, and Apple paid a settlement fee of 6 million US dollars.
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