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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. % d! D9 d+ ?9 U- j! j2 y5 j% V
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。2 M) y/ E5 @9 \( U8 A0 Q9 [
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+ X3 g5 x" B* p0 b2 M6 VThe 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.
6 V: [, M( a4 C4 V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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( @$ G( I3 w fSome retailers have removed the iPad tablets to back storerooms, fearing that local Administration of Industry and Commerce will confiscate them.
! l1 C: E1 T, d- V; m% B6 R) v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。' ?5 ?5 L. a9 D
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* }$ f! c/ x, u) Q: a& PAn 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.- V2 h# p! n: d V7 J( Z% 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。3 t5 R+ Y' b+ a2 ]
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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 V. S$ F4 ?9 N7 z( [' J3 W* T
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 C3 J% S. ^& O+ X2 ^% r
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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.
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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.: y& [, `+ ^( m# {: E9 Q: [: A
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.2 o3 I1 @7 u! ]& V/ W" l- x+ H( b n
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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; W1 s9 a5 ]# Y8 `: ]5 m+ 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 2011.0 q7 S1 a, I4 \$ j9 A2 M; r4 f% i
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。4 E# M6 F- H* x
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