Apple hit with US $1.6 billion lawsuit over ‘iPad’ name
What's Hawt: "Hong Kong based Proview Technology has once again filed a lawsuit against Apple over the ‘iPad’ brand name, and is asking for the equivalent of close to US $1.6 billion in compensation."
(Apple, Gadgets, iPad)
They'll never get that kind of money. China should be paying the rest of the world for all the copyright infringement they do over there. So much piracy and thievery.
I guess they're account for lost potential sales or some bullcrap like that....but all the Chinese have been doing is copying western america and reselling it for cheaper (lower quality as well).
Seems sort of dumb although the company does have the right of suing them if they still actually own the name. To me it Justin a bit stood on both sides... Apple for not being 100% in control of the name, and the other side for just filing a patent back then when they werent going to use the iPad name.
China doesn't respect copyright law at all. Even if this company DOES have a good case (Like, IDK...video of Steve Jobs running out on a business deal and audio logs of him calling the others to say "Dude, I totally have an idea that we can steal!"), why should THEY get to reap the benefits of copy protection?
It's about time China follows some rules that the rest of the industrial countries do. They're treating employees like garbage and stealing ideas directly from others.
It will never happen. China can do what it wants since it is vital to the global economy now. If a country(let's go with the U.S) starts to press to hard for China to follow many of the laws it breaks China could easily bring up the debt the U.S owes to China and also sever trade ties which would hurt the U.S and companies.
I know it wouldn't happen, but if for some reason China was being backed into a corner to fall in line they would have to do just that. Either it would make other back off or we would have WW3.
howcome they are filing the lawsuit now? I mean the iPad 2 is out now and iPad 3 will be out in a couple of months, they should've done this at the launch of Original iPad.
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It's about time China follows some rules that the rest of the industrial countries do. They're treating employees like garbage and stealing ideas directly from others.
i believe this case will be 'settled' soon. its just another company trying to test their luck and perhaps they'll get 10% of the amount.