CCTV News:iPad商标之战：苹果公司声称唯冠拒绝履行协议

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官网日期：02-17-2012 07:44 BJT
原文标题：Apple claims firm broke trademark agreement

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All right. Now, after a number of online stores suspended sales of Apple's iPad, the US tech giant has hit back. Apple is accusing Proview Technology of failing to honor the agreement to transfer the rights to use iPad trademark in China.
Apple reportedly said in a statement that it had acquired the worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in ten different countries several years ago from Proview. Apple says a Hong Kong court has sided with the US company in this matter, but the case is still pending on the Chinese mainland.
Proview Technology Shenzhen holds the trademark it registered in 2001 according to the official website of China's trademark authority. It claims Apple made a deal to buy the iPad trademark from Proview Technology Taiwan, a company associated with but is still a separate entity from the Shenzhen company.
Many online stores in China, including Amazon China and Gome, have pulled sales of the iPad after the local administrations of industry and commerce seized shipments of the popular tablet computer in a second-tier city.在许多在线商店都停止销售苹果iPad平板电脑后，苹果公司这一科技巨头也驻足不前。现在，苹果公司正在起诉唯冠科技公司未按照协议移交iPad商标在中国的使用。
据报道，苹果公司在一份声明中称，他们早在多年前向唯冠公司购得10个国家内iPad商标的使用权。苹果公司表示，在香港打的那场官司中，法官最后站在苹果公司这边。不过内地的官司却一直悬而未决。
唯冠科技深圳公司持有2001年依据官网规定向中国工商部门注册的商标。该公司声称苹果要向台湾唯冠科技收购iPad商标使用权，虽然两个公司有所联系，但台湾的公司于深圳的公司是互相独立的。
在许多二级城市当地工商部门限制了平板电脑的船运后，包括亚马逊中国和国美在内的在线销售商都将苹果iPad下架了。