[Opislossy]

2012-07-04 08:37:21(Beijing Time) SINA.com

Apple faces yet another Chinese copyright lawsuit

Following the successful "iPad" trademark infringement claims by ProView of Shenzhen, China
for a cool US$ 60 Millions.

Now, yet another Chinese company has sued Apple, this time for the Snow Leopard
trademark.

A Chinese household chemical company called Jiangsu Xuebao registered the trademark for
Xuebao — the Chinese characters for the word means "Snow Leopard" — back in 2000.
The company has already filed a lawsuit against Apple in Shanghai, and the first hearing is
scheduled on July 10. According to the lawsuit, Xuebao is seeking roughly $80,000 in
compensation from Apple, an amount far smaller than the $400 million Proview asked for
iPad.



But as one Chinese lawyer said, the court would most likely not rule in favor of Jiangsu
Xuebao. Aside from the fact that Apple did not use the Chinese word for Snow Leopard in its
Chinese website, Xuebao mainly manufactures household products like toothpaste, detergent,
and shoe polish.

It does, however, make touchscreen ad displays and mobile software for data entry.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was released in 2009; Apple has since released version 10.7
Lion, and will soon release version 10.8 Mountain Lion.