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9 May 2012 Last updated at 07:56 GMT BBC
Chinese firm Proview's case against Apple over a dispute involving rights to the "iPad" name has been dismissed by a court in the US. Proview had accused Apple of deceiving it into selling the rights by setting up a company, IP Application Development Ltd (IPADL) in the UK. It claimed that Apple said the trademark was "an abbreviation for the company name". Proview had sold its rights for $55,000 (£35,000) in 2009. The company had appealed to void the sale and to prevent Apple from using the iPad trademark. It was also seeking damages. However, a California court dismissed the case on 4 May. According to the Wall Street Journal, the decision had not been disclosed till now. Proview has also sued Apple over the same issue in a court in China's Guangdong province. Officials from the Chinese court are trying to bring the two sides together to settle the issue by out-of-court talks. |
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