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" X- } O- m" _9 z. PApple 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.
5 t) ~7 K; f- r' V: v! z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。 c+ w' k; F t1 _4 u4 n$ p
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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.' \' t" ^: e% o% X3 }9 w2 l" ~8 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。% g. f, O' L, `4 S9 w
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# R3 h1 F5 d2 i) r: E8 g2 GSome retailers have removed the iPad tablets to back storerooms, fearing that local Administration of Industry and Commerce will confiscate them.
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6 x; |9 G! c I1 X0 P1 f: |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.$ Y4 C/ h3 n! d" ]: O
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.
4 ]# W* W% F9 Z% q3 |+ a$ y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。
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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.4 S, ]4 }7 B% o: q2 P e
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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4 }2 R8 \/ D: z, KProview 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.
4 y) _: C* c% [1 _5 s; E/ L7 ]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.1 P$ m' u4 i7 u" V9 g% {# y
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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! F' o- n0 r8 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.
; e1 F% K0 A f/ B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。) H: K1 _; r" N. L* ?7 M
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