Reuters confirms a Chinese paper's report that Proview has lost its case against Apple
One of three Shanghai Apple Stores
A hail-Mary legal play to ban the sale of iPads in Shanghai -- a city of 23 million with three Apple stores -- has failed, according to a Reuters report that crossed the wires early Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, Apple (AAPL) and Shenzhen Proview traded blows in a Shanghai courtroom, Apple arguing that it bought the iPad trademark fair and square from Proview International Holdings in 2009 for $55,000. Shenzhen Proview claimed that Apple's paperwork was sloppy and that it failed to secure the rights in mainland China.
Late Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that the case had been suspending pending Apple's appeal of a provincial Chinese court's ruling in Proview's favor.
But a local newspaper, the Xinmin Evening News, said that the Shanghai court had actually rejected Proview's case, and on Thursday morning, citing "a source with direct knowledge of the ruling," Reuters confirmed it.
Proview filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and the case against Apple was being managed by Hejun Vanguard Group, a consulting company representing Proview's creditors. It's not clear whether the $2 billion suit Hejun planned to bring against Apple in the U.S. will proceed.
Bill Weir dons a bunny suit and takes a camera into Foxconn's Shenzhen facilities
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With Apple's (AAPL) permission, Foxconn for the first time allowed a reporter and his camera crew into its famous Shenzhen, China, factory complex. The 17-minute report aired Tuesday night.
Apart from some details about the production processes (it takes 141 steps, mostly done by hand, to assemble an iPhone) there's little news here that wasn't MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 22, 2012 7:42 AM ET
In a fractious four-hour hearing, both sides were admonished by the judge
Proview's i-Pad
The world's most valuable company and a troubled Chinese electronics manufacturer that's about to be delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchange unless it can come up with some cash squared off in a Shanghai courtroom Wednesday.
At stake: the trademark for Apple's (AAPL) iPad, the most successful new electronics gadget since, well, the iPhone.
Apple claims it bought MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 22, 2012 6:32 AM ET
Accuses a Chinese company of lying and threatens to sue its chairman for defamation
Following a legal setback widely trumpeted in the Chinese media but dismissed by AllThingsD's John Paczkowski as the equivalent of "a court telling your local RadioShack to stop selling iPads," Apple (AAPL) has delivered by e-mail and courier a stern letter to Rowell Yang, chairman and CEO of the bankrupt company that claims to own the Chinese MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 20, 2012 5:03 PM ET
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* The Wall Street Journal reports that Google (GOOG) and other ad companies were getting around millions of Apple (AAPL) users' privacy settings, in particular those who used Apple's Safari Web browser on their iPhones and computers. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Foxconn, maker of Apple iPhones and iPads, raised its worker wages by MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 17, 2012 2:26 PM ET
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"We're starting to do some things differently."
-- Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller (Daring Fireball)
* Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled a new version of the Mac operating system, named "Mountain Lion," with features currently found in the company's mobile software. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Japanese authorities arrested MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 16, 2012 11:49 AM ET
According to this report, the iPad's chief competitor was not the Fire but the iPhone 4S
Data: IHS iSuppli. Chart: PED
Amazon (AMZN) had a one-time shot to loosen Apple's (AAPL) hold on the worldwide tablet market, and it grabbed a 14% share last quarter according to a report issued Thursday by IHS's iSuppli.
Although the iPad managed to hold on to a 57% share, that was down from 64% in Q3 MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 16, 2012 11:02 AM ET
It's not a pressure-cooker environment that is the problem, but boredom and alienation
Foxconn workers. Source: Everything iCafe
"The facilities are first-class; the physical conditions are way, way above average of the norm."
That's Auret van Heerden, president of the Fair Labor Association, speaking to Reuters after an initial visit to the Foxconn factory where Apple's (AAPL) iPads are built.
Apple has been hit with a barrage of criticism over the working conditions in MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 15, 2012 2:58 PM ET
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* Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco yesterday, addressing topics like working conditions in Chinese Foxconn factories, the runaway successes of the iPhone and iPad, and emerging markets. Cook also revealed there are now 100 million iCloud users -- 15 MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 15, 2012 8:26 AM ET
Forty five minutes with the man who took over when Steve Jobs stepped down
Tim Cook
For those of you who missed Tim Cook's keynote presentation at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco Tuesday, the audio is still available in QuickTime on Apple's (AAPL) website here.
For those who prefer to read than to listen, we've posted an edited transcript of his remarks below the fold.
Corrections most appreciated.
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