Apple’s iPad trademark dispute with cash-strapped display company Proview has continued to drag on despite the Chinese company claiming it was in negotiations with Apple as recent as February. Today, several reports suggested Apple and Proview are now involved in court-moderated mediation with senior officials who are boasting Apple could lose the right to the iPad trademark in China. The mediation would be the first confirmation of settlement talks between the two companies. The Associated Press reports:
According to Associated Press, Apple spokesperson Carolyn Wu said “the company had no new comment on the possibility of a settlement with Proview.” However, Apple said in a statement that it would never “knowingly abuse someone else’s trademarks,” and it added Proview “still owe[s] a lot of people a lot of money, they are now unfairly trying to get more from Apple for a trademark we already paid for.”
- Apple could lose China iPad trademark boasts Chinese government official as groups enter mediation (9to5mac.com)
