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<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lengthy">lengthy</span> <span word="iPad">iPad</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="dispute">dispute</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tech">tech</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span>, <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="Provincial">Provincial</span> <span word="High">High</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Court">Court</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="initial">initial</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</span> <span word="Intermediate">Intermediate</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Court">Court</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lawsuit">lawsuit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="December">December</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="IP">IP</span> <span word="Application">Application</span> <span word="Development">Development</span> <span word="accusing">accusing</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="infringing">infringing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="iPad">iPad</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="Electronics">Electronics</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="company">company</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="represent">represent</span> <span word="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="iPad">iPad</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span>.</p><p><span word="Xiao">Xiao</span> <span word="Caiyuan">Caiyuan</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="attorney">attorney</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="independent">independent</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contract">contract</span> <span word="signed">signed</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="iPad">iPad</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="transfer">transfer</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="invalid">invalid</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="attorneys">attorneys</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="iPad">iPad</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="executives">executives</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Yang">Yang</span> <span word="Rongshan">Rongshan</span>, <span word="Mai">Mai</span> <span word="Shihong">Shihong</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="Hui">Hui</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="participated">participated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="negotiations">negotiations</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="transfer">transfer</span>, <span word="representing">representing</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span>, <span word="attorneys">attorneys</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span>.</p><p><span word="Yang">Yang</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="chairman">chairman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</span> <span word="Proview">Proview</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="resigned">resigned</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="early">early</span> 2010, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Mai">Mai</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span>.</p>
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