A request for a legal cease and desist order that would have ram Apple to halt iPad sales in its Shanghai fund has been rejected , fall in the U.S. tech giant a belittled triumph as it faces an ongoing hallmark conflict in China over the iPad name .
A Shanghai courtroom say in a statement on Thursday that it would not cede the injunction requested by Taiwanese companionship Proview , which acquire the iPad trademark in 2001 and is fighting with Apple over its ownership . The court said it would table further hearings until a opinion was made in another Chinese court , where possession of the trademark is expect to be decided .
antecedently , Apple had been dealt a legal blow when in December a homage in Shenzhen , China rejected the caller ’s claims to the iPad trademark . Apple , however , is appeal the decision in the Guangdong provincial gamy court of law , which is scheduled to have its auditory sense on the casing next week .
Because the Guangdong court has yet to review the case , ownership of the iPad trademark is still undecipherable , the Shanghai court say .
Proview , which is facing bankruptcy , has filed legal legal action and charge with regulatory functionary to stop iPad gross revenue in the land . On Friday , a court in the Chinese metropolis of Huizhou decree that local electronics retail merchant Sundan hadto haltiPad sales at one of its storehouse because of earmark infringement . A attorney with Sundan said the company is considering appealing the decision .
Ma Dongxiao , a lawyer for Proview , say the Shanghai court ’s ruling was not the final determination on the matter . More than 30 regulatory offices across the country are investigating iPad sales agreement , according to Proview . A example for the company say last Friday it wants Apple to ante up $ 400 million to corrupt the hallmark .
Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu said Proview decline to honor its agreement with the company after Apple buy the earmark several years ago .
