IPad trade mark is threatened in China (Reuters)
Apple may face disruption of computers in the sales of iPad devices in China after the court rejected her claim to own the iPad trade mark in the country, and sought a rival company to halt sales of the tablet in two Chinese cities.
These developments are the latest in a long-standing dispute between Apple Inc. Brovio Technology Hnchen city in southern China, a Taiwan-registered trademark for the name iPad many countries long before Apple invented her computer tablet, which was an overwhelming success.
According to trademark databases, the Brovio, a company for the manufacture of flat screens, a failed attempt to sell a computer tablet in 2000 and registered trademark for the name iPad European Union, China, Mexico and South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam between 2000 and 2004.
According Brovio has agreed Brovio Electronics (Taiwan) in 2006 to sell the brand name iPad to Apple at $ 54.790 dollars, but later the two companies disagreed on whether the deal that includes China.
Apple and made a request to transfer ownership of Almnsoptin Chinese brands to its name before you start selling iPad in China early last year. But the Chinese Trademark Office rejected the request because the brands owned by Brovio Technology (Hnchen) a subsidiary of International Brovio registered as a holding company in Hong Kong and Taiwan is not a company.
Apple then sued the company Brovio Technology (Hnchen) asking the court to declare the company America's rightful owner of the iPad trade marks in China. But the court rejected the request Hnchen medium earlier this week in the rule can be re-started Apple.
At the same time sued Brovio Technology (Hnchen) Apple distributors in the southern Chinese cities of Huizhou Hnchen and demand an immediate halt to sales of iPad. It is scheduled to begin Hnchen court hearing for one of the two cases on December 30 / December and the Court of Huizhou in the other case on January 7.
It is worth mentioning that the issue of Chinese brand comes at a busy time for Apple globally in a number of battles and patents against companies Samsung Electronics and HTC, which are two other manufacturing smart phones. These issues, which extends markets include the United States, Germany and Australia where the government had so far in favor of Apple.
Source: Financial Times
