Apple Could Lose $1.6 Billion In iPad Lawsuit

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Proview Technology, which currently uses the 'iPad' name on several of its products including computer monitors, stands to win up to $1.6 billion and an apology from Apple (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/294485/20120207/ipad-3-apple-billion-china-trademark-lawsuit.htm) for allegedly infringing upon Proview's trademarked name to use on its bestselling tablet. Proview International, which owns subsidiaries Proview Technology in Shenzhen and Proview Electronics in Taiwan, originally registered the name 'iPad' in Taiwan in 2000 and mainland China in 2001. Proview eventually sued Apple in 2011, and even though the Cupertino-based company retaliated with a counter-suit of its own, Apple lost the case in local Chinese courts (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/07/chinese_lawsuit_seeks_38m_apology_from_apple_for_u se_of_ipad_name.html). Depending on the court's findings, Apple could be fined anywhere from $38 million to the $1.6 billion that Proview is seeking. In addition to the money, Proview also wants Apple to apologize. 'We have prepared well for a long-term legal battle,' said one of Proview's lawyers."

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