Tuesday, February 14th 2012
ProView Going For The Kill: Seeks Export Ban on Apple iPad Till Row Resolved
After a significant victory in a long drawn out trademark dispute with Apple over the name "iPad", in which Chinese courts ruled in favor of ProView, followed by Chinese authorities beginning implementing the order by pulling iPad off shelves in stores, ProView is going for the kill, and seeking an export ban on Apple iPad till the Cupertino company reaches a fresh agreement with it over use of the trademark "iPad", and pays the $1.5 billion it sought in damages. Apple manufactures iPad through foundry partners such as Foxconn, which are located in China. An export-ban would kill supply of iPad worldwide, as China is the only country in which it is manufactured.
Source:
The Verge
37 Comments on ProView Going For The Kill: Seeks Export Ban on Apple iPad Till Row Resolved
Start looking for the label "Pwned in China"
However, it also shows up the blatant hypocrisy going on in China: car manufacturers such as BMW, Ford etc are having their designs blatantly copied, yet when they sue these Chinese manufacturers, they get laughed out of court.
However, the minute an American company does a similar tactic (dodgy shell company to hide Apple from ProView) they get stomped on hard. Oh well, it's nice to see the big boys get crapped on for once, instead of it always being the little guy. And this is Apple we're talking about, who's business practices I don't care for, so I feel no sympathy for them over this.
Samsungall in sundry for using their so-called trademarks and names, well done to ProView I say.Think of it this way.......
Drunks are a dime a dozen. But when Amy Whinehouse is drunk on stage everyone talks about it. Same thing. Like the whole Foxconn issue. Do you think Apple is the only company Foxconn produces things for? Yet Apple is spun in the news as being the only villain. Please, its spin in the news thats causing people to become sheeple.
On a side note Apple will be making some moves now to cut thier losses. China just may have lost a lot of business.
Well if nothing else maybe Apple will rethink about bringing that production back to the states...:D
I hope this teaches Apple to step down their useless suing over everybody, because Apple is not any better them self when it's about this kind of stuffs.
I really gonna need a big ass truck full of popcorn now, because this is going to be extremely funny to see Apple go BAWWWWWWWWWW.
I doubt Apple will run from China, they'll pay the fine and after a healthy dose of pissin' n' moanin' it'll be business as usual. Where else can they get skilled tech's to fab their product's for $0.10/day :confused:
And they say the US rules the globe.
Now pay up or ship out.