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- x# L* D+ T. X" aApple 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. 4 A% k! W( O! A; t: w
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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# G c; q3 c- w4 k! _! D" t9 ?& M& TThe 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.7 h& y3 w p3 C5 H
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。
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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.3 k0 M$ u1 z: q' y5 C* e3 \
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。
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) w4 B6 ]" q6 l% ~6 `2 ~, fAn 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.
( @( i7 p5 m& L G, g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。7 p f/ W! L6 F3 ^1 x7 R
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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.7 F1 w7 r& }$ t9 a2 I
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。# w2 Z$ Y0 p- b( d5 u/ \0 s, }
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5 F7 P/ F' g, {5 J, {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.
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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.# S! _; r. J8 m* K$ H6 `
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。: B! a! f. P, x! v, z2 E& x
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Apple 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.
c' Q0 |( r5 p, Y2 `7 s2010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。; N- F: o6 a4 `9 i5 x6 t
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% T6 a5 x/ S& K4 q; Y6 `1 M9 gThe 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.' Z" C, m) Q; 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。
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