Apple's Trademark Infringement Case Failed to Appear in Prosecution of Apple iPads

Apple Inc. and Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.'s "iPad" trademark rights disputes, according to the Hebei Youth Daily reported on February 13th that the company eventually ended in the first trial with Apple and ended. In spite of Apple's appeal, the industrial and commercial departments across the country are involved in the investigation. Apple stores and agents across the country are not only quitting the iPad, but also face an unspecified amount of fines.

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At present, Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. v. Apple iPad trademark infringement case is still fermenting. According to a number of domestic media reports, at the end of last year, after the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court made its first instance verdict, Apple refused to accept the appeal. At present, the case is still pending.

Although the case is still pending, Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. has filed a complaint with the Beijing Xicheng Industrial and Commercial Branch, and the department has accepted the case and investigated Apple’s infringement iPad. The area’s Apple Xidan Joy City store is facing the business sector. Bills of millions were issued.

In addition to complaints filed by the Beijing Industrial and Commercial Department on Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., the reporter learned that the current industrial and commercial departments in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Xuzhou, Jiangsu have all investigated Apple’s infringement iPad.

Is Apple’s first trial convicted of iPad trademark infringement, which has affected its product sales? In response, the reporter visited the provincial capital Taihe Electronic City and some Apple products sales stores yesterday (10th) afternoon and found that the iPad 2 was not visible in the counter.

In Taihe Electronic City, a counter selling apple products, the person in charge Mr. Zhang told reporters that if he wanted to buy an iPad 2 he had to go to the Treasury and the counter did not have a prototype, because “the industry and commerce department discovered that it would be seized.”

Not afraid to place iPad products on the counter, not only this Apple product sales counter, the reporter visited the rest of the Apple Electronics sales counters in Taihe Electronics City. He was afraid to sell the iPad product because the product was suspected of being a trademark. Infringement, the industry and commerce departments are currently detaining.

The original apple product sales counter of Hebei Baolong Cattle & Carrefour Commercial Co., Ltd. Berliner did not see the iPad 2. The sales staff explained that “The business department just checked and the iPad 2 is temporarily suspended from sale.”

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the economic inspection team of the Xinhua Industry and Trade Bureau of the provincial capital that on February 8, they received a letter from the lawyer of Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., saying that “Apple’s iPad trademark infringement”.

Gao Wei, deputy chief of the economic inspection brigade, said that given the large number of Apple stores in the Shijiazhuang market, they immediately received the letter and the other party’s certificate of ownership and certificate of trademark rights issued by the other party, they immediately verified the relevant information with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

After investigating that the relevant certificate issued by Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. was true, on February 9th, the economic inspection brigade immediately conducted an investigation into the infringement products of the apple franchise store and apple product sales outlets in its jurisdiction.

Gao Wei stated that all goods suspected of being infringed by trademarks were confiscate in accordance with the law and were also fined five times or less for illegal gains.

After two days of investigation and handling, as of 17:00 yesterday, the economic inspection brigade has seized 45 Apple iPads, all for the iPad 2 series.

“Because the amount of penalties for trademark infringement cases is calculated on the basis of illegal business revenues, we are sorting out the sales records of several Apple stores that confiscated the iPad in the past two days.” Gao Wei said that the specific amount of punishment cannot be disclosed for the time being.