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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.
1 h! c5 N: j$ r) r, u m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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The 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. r: |, t' Z- ^& H% J" f
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。. ~' h' u2 x9 U% {4 P4 x# Q
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3 ^, ?9 d, I0 a5 }4 k8 C2 H q# nSome retailers have removed the iPad tablets to back storerooms, fearing that local Administration of Industry and Commerce will confiscate them.; U- [+ l' ?* l O' ~# i
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。 ~7 {# y* H3 H, m$ A
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- Y, V( V& f; }8 p* g* b- S5 T, MAn 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.) x* Q2 f: @$ x1 i" K4 P6 z, W
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.8 j5 A: \+ z! L( L+ N/ S3 R/ r8 g5 L$ Q
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。8 _' I% t0 j8 Z8 Y
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' y# u( e( u8 eThe 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.
+ q5 m! A2 E" p" X9 \# b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。
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2 d0 v6 x3 }' O% MProview 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.
5 B! Q" S7 g# a2 Z# R, p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。
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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.: {+ N) t2 F" W$ M6 D6 A2 b- c
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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1 k% a" j4 u$ w Q- Q) s* A ^+ rThe 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.
, V) w) \# P6 X+ S1 \% p: T) V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。 S2 g" R+ o' Q& @6 F( m6 L6 y3 b
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