Hong Kong Judge Says Proview is Conspiring to Exploit Apple

A Hong Kong judge's ruling that found Proview conspiring to exploit Apple over the iPad trademark in China has been posted online.

Yesterday Apple told AllThingsD that "We bought Proview's worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in 10 different countries several years ago. Proview refuses to honor their agreement with Apple, and a Hong Kong court has sided with Apple in this matter."

The site has now managed to find the ruling by that Hong Kong court which reads...


"The conduct of all the defendants demonstrate that they have combined together with the common intention of injuring Apple and IP Application [Apple's agent in the purchase] by acting in breach of the agreement. Proview Holdings, Proview Electronics and Proview Shenzhen, all clearly under [Proview CEO Yang Rongshan's] control, have refused to take any steps to ensure compliance with the agreement so that the China Trademarks are properly assigned or transferred to [Apple]. Instead, they attempt to exploit the situation as a business opportunity for the Proview Group by seeking an amount of US $10 million from Apple."

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