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Apple iPads are being removed from a number of retail stores in China following a court's ruling that a local company owns the right to the name, Hebei Youth Daily reports. . y+ y! `1 {- `) y) t( y根据《河北青年报》的报道,苹果公司在与唯冠科技(深圳)有限公司的商标侵权案中一审判决败诉,唯冠申请禁售令,苹果公司iPad在中国各地的专卖店遭遇下架。 ' x7 T1 s5 r1 n- z0 R- n% `5 b6 h: D) u4 q K* I2 D; D4 Y" T
* l& Z5 |/ g. kThe tablets have been confiscated from shelves in many retail shops and electronic stores due to a Chinese company's lawsuit against the Apple Inc over the trademark infringement, in Shijiazhuang city, capital of North China's Hebei province.5 d- Q( [3 e- E
在河北省省会石家庄市,由于苹果公司商标侵权案,使得多处零售商店和电子产品商店中的iPad平板电脑遭遇下架的命运。0 t% x- h2 q Y/ f1 [1 z9 i
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Some retailers have removed the iPad tablets to back storerooms, fearing that local Administration of Industry and Commerce will confiscate them.* P1 H. Y& K5 ~' p
因为担心当地工商部门会没收,一些店主已经将iPad转移回库房。 & X! B9 D6 J, `5 I; C) g - c( t1 I; J+ V1 S4 N# h0 r " Q4 d% R( b+ r" B) XAn inspection squad of the Xinhua District's Administration of Industry and Commerce in Shijiazhuang city, launched a campaign to crack down the sale of the tablets on Feb 9 after receiving Proview Technology (Shenzhen)'s complaint. A total of 45 iPad tablets were confiscated by the authority in the district over two days. ) F! P, i# k6 L/ S7 D/ S石家庄市已经受理立案唯冠科技(深圳)有限公司的投诉,2月9日石家庄市新华区的工商部门组织检查小分队,开展了侵权产品查处行动。在为期两天的行动中,该区共没收了45台iPad。9 @1 k6 ?8 m' `+ j! O# M
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Proview Technology (Shenzhen) claimed in early 2011 that Apple Inc had been infringing on its iPad trademark and launched court proceedings, said Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Proview Shenzhen. ! C+ s1 c# U4 |1 ]- Y唯冠科技的代理律师之一谢湘辉表示,唯冠科技(深圳)有限公司是在2011年年初提出上诉,起诉苹果公司iPad商标侵权,并开始了法律诉讼程序。 ) R4 x V+ ^9 }+ ]" T7 D- @3 |7 Y; L b7 y5 p
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The company has extended its complaint to the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce and appealed to three courts in other places: Shenzhen Futian District People's Court, Huizhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court and Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court.7 y: p! D6 H: y& N& N) d5 m
公司还向北京工商管理部门提出投诉,并向其他三地的法院申请禁售令:深圳福田区人民法院,惠州市中级人民法院和上海浦东新区人民法院。 & ?1 e3 }, k) G$ A8 p+ s u- f# R, P/ N; t8 H8 {
4 Z4 [ W9 Z; c" f' t; L7 o; hProview Taipei registered the iPad trademark in a number of countries and regions as early as 2000, and Proview Shenzhen registered the trademark on the Chinese mainland in 2001. 7 x! V0 z" V) f4 U9 @唯冠(台湾)公司早在2000年就已经在多个国家和地区注册了iPad商标,唯冠(深圳)公司于2001年在中国大陆注册了该商标。- H# Y3 `% O9 s( o
, j* a: I, S# { {, l5 Y/ |, ^ # Y- f6 e) l6 S" q. |9 QApple bought the rights to use the trademark from Proview Taipei in February 2010 via IP Application Development Limited, a company registered in Britain. However, Proview Shenzhen claims it still reserves the right to use the trademark on the Chinese mainland. The two sides have been entangled in a legal battle ever since. * \/ J0 L( n& }$ B5 X2010年2月,苹果公司通过在英国注册的IP Application Development Limited公司(缩写iPadL)买入了iPad商标的使用权。但唯冠(深圳)公司声称该公司仍然保留在中国大陆的商标使用权。双方自此就陷入了商标侵权的诉讼混战中。, S+ l3 k7 \, J* ?: o
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The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Shenzhen rejected a lawsuit by Apple and IP accusing Proview Shenzhen of infringing on the iPad trademark in December 2011. 8 y- C& I% f% g+ \' L, U, {深圳中级人民法院在2011年12月驳回了Apple与IP起诉唯冠(深圳)iPad 商标侵权的上诉。 3 n. w. z5 p, A- e) f. }+ [1 Q: I! o5 C; `: y1 G. M' {& I6 p