In 2010, Apple requested the court to rule on the ownership of the “iPad” trademark and claimed related expenses from Shenzhen Proview. The case was accepted on April 19, 2010, and was heard three times on February 23, August 21, and October 18, 2011. The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance judgment: rejecting all Apple's claims and requiring Apple to bear the case acceptance fee of RMB 45,600. On February 29, 2012, the second instance of the iPad trademark ownership dispute case opened in the Guangdong Provincial Higher People’s Court. During the trial, the two sides had sharp rhetoric and fierce confrontation. After the trial, the court did not pronounce the verdict in court.