iPad Lawsuit Suspended in Shanghai (AAPL)

A court in Shanghai has suspended proceedings in a lawsuit brought by Proview Technology (Shenzen) against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for infringing Proview’s claim to the iPad trademark. The suspension comes as a higher court in Guangdong prepares to hear…

Published February 23, 2012, 9:12am ET · 1 min read

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A court in Shanghai has suspended proceedings in a lawsuit brought by Proview Technology (Shenzen) against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for infringing Proview’s claim to the iPad trademark. The suspension comes as a higher court in Guangdong prepares to hear the case next week.

Proview (Shenzen) claims that Apple did not acquire the mainland rights to the iPad trademark when it reached an agreement with Proview’s Taiwanese parent.

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Paul Ausick

Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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