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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. $ W; i" `; h$ d% u' }
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。
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" F, X! q& X; S2 l1 EThe 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.
8 Y8 P; R/ `+ p. f5 ?& }% l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。1 j- ]! P0 I6 }% t
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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.8 @ _* m! C" ` b; O' F
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。8 ?- ^$ F& S" g0 j! j9 E
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/ z( {6 b i& b" l& YAn 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! W, i4 W* F* Z- R) X
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。
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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.
/ R' w- b! g4 c& v2 [) \: T6 H+ y) g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。- c/ c8 Y+ q; G7 z* l- Z" z5 u
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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.8 y# a" |4 P$ _9 z8 t5 o$ b# Z; n
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。 M: `; g9 [, ^! f
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Proview 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.! z: D: @" K9 V) ?8 y
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。4 f/ ]$ \1 G' _2 Y$ Z
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. E8 R$ e# D- J; T6 N; yApple 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.5 R2 X9 m: E8 k- {2 Y$ X6 B9 i
2010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。
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i- B1 c: S+ V2 T4 \, ZThe 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.* `' y: v8 ^; [+ g0 o
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。
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