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Y$ a" T9 }, o1 w% Q9 ZApple 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.
0 K# P) g+ u4 B1 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。. ^ ~- U" f6 | t4 }
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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.. [/ l% h! u \2 a: l. e! r( i
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 p) a" b1 B/ p1 J4 J
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A& q) h i9 g; n- hSome retailers have removed the iPad tablets to back storerooms, fearing that local Administration of Industry and Commerce will confiscate them.( X; o" Z7 b0 X- @" j1 ^! ]
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。* O% A v4 \" d0 Y; W: c4 L
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An 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.3 H, P/ _. B. X( H
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 h5 I- }: Z! j
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; g( @: F% O# o* G4 n% ]* \9 cProview 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.3 y6 o. g- u, j) `4 E/ i+ K. h
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。: `# D/ L3 i" @( J3 `8 }; t5 L l
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2 \/ w* H! t( v% 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./ ?, `: G9 g2 E! U5 i
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。. W6 \3 u/ t' _& G
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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 2001.0 Q' R D: P3 \
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.. D, T- e) P, t7 V
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。7 I# M3 U0 M v+ p' r7 L& l" c
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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., [ Q6 C- c3 O% Z- n% J% x5 Q
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。 t+ g6 x* r2 n% }/ N
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