Apple sued in China, Again !

[IndoCarib]

(CBS News) Apple just can't catch a break. The computer company is at the center of another trademark battle.

A Chinese household chemical company Jiangsu Xuebao is suing Apple for allegedly infringing on its "Snow Leopard" trademark. The company doesn't own the "Snow Leopard" trademark, but it does own the Chinese translation - "Xuenbao."

Snow Leopard is the name of a recent Apple operating system - OS X 10.6. The software was launched in 2009 and has since been upgraded to OS X 10.7 - Lion, with version 10.8 Mountain Lion planned for the fall.

Tong Yu, Jiangsu Xuebao chairman, claims the company makes computer-related products and that Apple is making a profit from its reputation in China, the Shanghai Daily reports.

"Xuebao might have a case if its coverage matches up with Apple's usage. If it's[sic] coverage includes software, obviously, then Apple would have a problem using the 'Snow Leopard' mark on its operating system," argued Beijing-based law professor Stan Abrams.

Apple recently settled a trademark dispute with the Chinese company Proview for the international rights for the name "iPad." The Shenzhen-based company sued Apple for $1.6 billion for trademark infringement earlier this year.

Proview went as far as filing a complaint against Apple in a California court. The battle between the two companies swept China and escalated to the point of Apple pulling iPads from Chinese retailers. Mainland China eventually got approval to sell the popular tablet soon after the new iPad was launched in March. It was announced Monday that Apple has paid $60 million to settle the dispute.

Jiangsu Xuebao is seeking RMB 500,000 (about $78,000 USD) and an apology from Apple. The hearing is set for July 10, 2012.


Apple sued in China over alleged "Snow Leopard" trademark infringement - Tech Talk - CBS News

 

[KRAIT]

You copied so much of US stuffs, just let it go. Peace....

 

[IndoCarib]

Just a few days ago Apple settled a trademark case with a Chinese company for 60 million $

 

[kawaraj]

Just a few days ago Apple settled a trademark case with a Chinese company for 60 million $

60 million to Apple is just like a drop of water, that firm should claim for 600 million if knew they can win, idiot. I bet US court will approve higher amount.

what? this firm only claim 78000 dollars? Chinese are interesting.

 

[Skull and Bones]

60 million to Apple is just like a drop of water, that firm should claim for 600 million if knew they can win, idiot. I bet US court will approve higher amount.

what? this firm only claim 78000 dollars? Chinese are interesting.

One cannot claim a sum of any figure, several evaluative factors are taken into account.

 

[IndoCarib]

60 million to Apple is just like a drop of water, that firm should claim for 600 million if knew they can win, idiot. I bet US court will approve higher amount.

what? this firm only claim 78000 dollars? Chinese are interesting.

Yang confirmed Proview transferred overall rights of the iPad trademark to Apple after getting paid the $60 million. Nevertheless, he indicated the amount was far from the US$200 million debt it owned to a bunch of creditors which had exerted pressure on the company, and Proview had to end the mediation with Apple as soon as possible.

"If not under the great pressure from the creditors, we would have obtained even higher compensation from Apple for the trademark of iPad in China," said Yang. Records from the Higher court showed Proview owed money to over 100 companies. The allocation of the $60 million will remain an issue during the liquidation in the future.

Apple's $60M for China iPad trademark merely 'tuition fee' | ZDNet

Indeed. This company's boss is an idiot !!

 

[Matrixx]

Apple is dealing with fake chinese ....