May 10th morning news, after Proview’s suit against Apple for infringing upon its iPad trademark was rejected by a local court a few days ago, Proview founding Yang Rongshan said Proview’s American lawyers are leaning towards an appeal but concrete plans are still under research. At the same time, he indicated hope that the iPad trademark case in China will be resolved inside of 2 months.
This February, Proview launched a lawsuit against Apple in the United States, accusing Apple of deceptive practices when Apple purchased the iPad trademark several years ago, and as a result should not enjoy the rights over this trademark. May 4th, a high-level United States California court rejected Proview’s lawsuit at the request of Apple, because both parties originally agreed that legal disputes would be resolved in Hong Kong.
During an interview with Sina Technology yesterday, Yang Rongshan said Proview’s American lawyers are leaning towards an appeal but concrete plans are still under research. At the same time, he indicated that the dispute surrounding the iPad trademark has hope of being resolved within 1-2 months.
According to reports, the China iPad trademark case that has been going on for two years at present has already entered court-supervised mediation procedures with both Proview and Apple expressing willingness to settle. However, both parties are still very far apart on the sum of settlement.
Yang Rongshan refused to disclose Proview’s asking price, but indicated that it must get as much as possible, because Proview must consider multiple factors. Yang Rongshan indicated that he hopes the iPad trademark dispute can be resolved as soon as possible.
The lawyer representing Proview, Xie Xianghui, disclosed that the Guangdong provincial high court is currently doing a lot of mediation work, so that both parties can come to an agreement on the settlement sum, but at present the gap between the sums is still “relatively large”.
He continued to say that at present both parties have hopes of a successful mediation, but is unable to predict a specific time for when it will be resolved.
This weekend, Apple’s new iPad will go on sale in Brazil and 30 other countries and regions, bringing this kind of product to nearly 90 countries and regions. Although the new iPad had obtained approval for sale within China in March, it remains missing from the latest list of products to be released onto the market.
At present, the Guangdong high court announced that it will fully consider social benefits, legal benefits, and other various factors in this iPad trademark dispute and handle this matter justly in accordance with law, seeking to maximize both parties’ interests.
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