苹果的iPad在国内因销售火爆在一定程度上已经成为平板电脑的代名词，但是苹果的iPad商标在中国内地市场却涉嫌非法使用。昨日，美国苹果公司和深圳唯冠关于iPad商标权权属纠纷一案，深圳中级人民法院已经作出一审判决，作为原告的苹果败诉。
商标之争——苹果败诉
A Chinese court in Shenzhen (home to the Foxconn factories where many Apple products are assembled) has rejected a trademarkinfringementsuit Apple filed against Proview Technology over the iPad's name.
Proview has owned the Chinese rights to the iPad trademark since 2000. Apple bought global rights to the trademark long ago, but the deal apparently did not include trademark rights in China. Proview continues to hold trademark rights to the iPad name in China, and is apparently seeking a US$1.5 billion judgment against Apple for trademarkinfringement by selling the iPad in China.
In October 2010, Proview Chairman Yang Rongshan made Proview's motivations for the suitabundantly clear in an interview with Financial Times. "It is arrogant of Apple to just ignore our rights and go ahead selling the iPad in this market, and we will oppose that. Besides that, we are in big financial trouble and the trademarks are a valuable asset that could help us sort out part of that trouble."
