The legal battle between Proview and Apple continues today with a series of statements made by a representative of the company from Cupertino. This stands up that Proview is deceiving consumers and the courts in China by saying that the right to the trademark iPad cannot be transferred and that there are irregularities in the way Apple bought the rights to the trademark. Apple claims that Proview, a bankrupt company, still owes a lot of money to some companies and is trying to get the necessary amounts from Apple through these processes.
Proview is misleading Chinese courts and customers with claims that the iPad trademarks cannot be transferred, or that mistakes were made in handling the transaction. We respect Chinese laws and regulations, and as a company that generates a lot of intellectual property we would never knowingly abuse someone else's trademarks. Proview didn't want to pay its debts in 2009 when it sold the iPad trademarks, and because they still owe 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 paid $55.000 to Proview in 2009 for the iPad trademark registered in 10 different markets, and the amount is insignificant next to the $2 billion Proview is demanding as compensation now. It is true that Apple paid very little money for a brand on the basis of which it earned tens of billions of dollars in recent years, but if the agreement was perfectly legal, then the claims of those from Proview are unfounded.
