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Apple Could Lose $1.6 Billion In iPad Lawsuit
redletterdave writes "Proview Technology, which currently uses the 'iPad' name on several of its products including computer monitors, stands to win up to $1.6 billion and an apology from Apple for allegedly infringing upon Proview's trademarked name to use on its bestselling tablet. Proview International, which owns subsidiaries Proview Technology in Shenzhen and Proview Electronics in Taiwan, originally registered the name 'iPad' in Taiwan in 2000 and mainland China in 2001. Proview eventually sued Apple in 2011, and even though the Cupertino-based company retaliated with a counter-suit of its own, Apple lost the case in local Chinese courts. Depending on the court's findings, Apple could be fined anywhere from $38 million to the $1.6 billion that Proview is seeking. In addition to the money, Proview also wants Apple to apologize. 'We have prepared well for a long-term legal battle,' said one of Proview's lawyers."
... and they'd have a better case as they're not just, arm, squatting on the name.
I can assure you, it will be the last for him.
all your iPad are belong to us!
We play the game with the bravery of being out of range
Not till Apple introduces the new 21 inch Max-iPad.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
'... but the reality is they don't have anywhere else to go,...'
How about Samsung in South Korea; Apple claims they already make iPads! ;^)
Great minds think alike; fools seldom differ.
Possibly. Both Maxipads and iPads are used by cunts.