Apple has released its latest iPad tablet in China after resolving a legal proceeding over the name ‘iPad’ and demanding customers to advance orders for crowd control. However, the Cupertino-based tech giant did not need one after all.
Under the surveillance of a few security guards, a couple dozen iPad buyers queued up at the front of Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai after they opened at 8 AM Friday. The small number of customers who lined up was far from January’s chaotic setting …

American consumer electronics giant Apple and Chinese tech company Proview may soon settle their fight with each other concerning the rights to the iPad trademark in China, a new development suggests.
According to The Associated Press, a court in China already began mediating between the two companies in their iPad trademark spat.
The information was revealed by Ma Dongxiao, a lawyer representing Proview.
“It is likely that we will settle out of court. The Guangdong High Court is helping to …

Apple has brought its fight with Apple about the iPad name to a court in the U.S., a new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals.
According to the publication, the now bankrupt Proview filed a case against Apple at the Superior Court of the State of California in Santa Clara Country Friday last week.
However, the lawsuit has just been discovered even though many were expecting Proview to also sue Apple in the U.S. as the company has previously warned that it will take Apple to court in the …

After getting at least one city in China to seize Apple iPad tablets, Proview has admitted that it will be much harder to get a country-wide import and export ban imposed, a report from Reuters says.
According to the news organization, a Proview official has told them that Chinese authorities have hinted to the company that a ban on the import or export of the iPad in China may be hard to do.
This is because of the sheer size of the market for iPad tablets, Reuters says.
“The customs have …

Authorities in a northern China city have impounded Apple iPads from stores around the city because of a dispute Apple has with a Chinese technology company with the naming rights to the popular tablet.
According to The Associated Press, authorities in the city of Shijiazhuang seized Apple iPads from stores in the city on Thursday as Apple continues battling Shenzhen Proview Technology regarding the naming rights to the iPad.
Proview has just recently said that Apple may pay a preliminary fine …

California-based iPad-maker Apple may be forced to issue an apology and pay a hefty fine of $38 million for the use of the name iPad in China, a new report reveals.
According to the Global Times, the news comes from a representative of Hong Kong-based Proview Electronics who said that the company is anticipating that aside from a demanded apology, Apple will have to pay them a $38-million fine for using the iPad name.
Proview previously owned the trademark for the term iPad but it was …