Proview claims another legal victory, Apple threatens defamation lawsuit
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Proview has reportedly filed more than 40 lawsuits in different provincial courts, so we may see victories (or defeats) reported on a regular basis, although most of these court ruling will ultimately be governed either by an out of court settlement, or when a higher Chinese court makes a final ruling.
Apple isn’t content to sit around and wait for that ruling, however, and has sent a cease and desist letter to Proview officials, claiming that Proview is releasing information to the press about their copyright deal that it knows to be false; Apple indicates that these claims injure their reputation, and are threatening to sue Proview for defamation if they continue to make such claims to the media.
With Proview looking to file suit in the U.S. against Apple, and Apple now threatening to open up another line of attack in the Chinese courts, it’s not clear who will blink first. Apple certainly has some of the best lawyers that money can buy, but in China at least Proview is playing on its home court.
We feel certain that this will eventually be resolved out of court, for now the companies are jostling for leverage to see who gets to dictate the terms of such an agreement. One small bit of relief for the rest of the world – both sides seem to agree that it’s unlikely that Chinese officials would agree to Proview's request to block exports of the iPad out of China, so this set of lawsuits is unlikely to have a significant impact on customers in the rest of the world.
source: PCWorld via Tech Crunch; 9to5Mac
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41 Comments
2. squallz506 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 12:50 19 4
"Apple indicates that these claims injure their reputation, and are threatening to sue Proview"
because the endless lawsuits flowing from apple's legal department arent injuring their reputation at all....
so childish. i hope proview declines all out of court settlements and has the ipad banned from being imported AND exported from China.
14. maier9900 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 13:36 5 8
That will never happen...
We are all fans of some technology in this world and write our opinions based on no experience whatsoever about a competition's certain product. (Well not all of us) But you must probably be the most hater of all haters for saying that.
Apple will get their respective punishment as this lawsuit comes to an end (if).
Just as HTC, Samsung and others paid their fair to Apple, Apple will now pay Proview and whoever else wants to make another lawsuit that the court rules in their favor.
What if your favorite phone & and tablet manufacturer gets banned from entering US... Would you like that, i dont think so.
But you know we can say whatever we want so... yeah!
16. squallz506 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 13:55 8 2
my goodness maier! you must be a professional psycho-analyst. you are the most ingenious person in the world!!! you are the only person who has ever understood me! i am "the most hater of all haters".
get real. i post my opinion. you post yours. stop taking personal shots and i will too.
my opinion- i dislike apple's tablets. i want a tablet that is a minature computer not an oversized ipod.
ignore me if you must. i know i ignore you more often than not.
19. ZEUS.the.thunder.god posted on 20 Feb 2012, 14:06 5 1
well said bro. totally agree with you
20. maier9900 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 14:09 3 8
You need to chill Psycho!!!
I gave my opinion based on your comment...
And you're calling the iPad an oversized iPod?!
Woow you then my friend must be smarter than Steve Jobs...
You can have your OVERSIZED ANDROID phone then.
And yes you ARE the MOST hater of ALL HATERS.
Get it through your head...
23. squallz506 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 14:19 7 3
hey maier, what does it feel like to thumb up your own posts? i always wanted to try it. you make it look like so much fun.
it is sad that the only thumbs up you get are your own.
25. maier9900 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 14:26 3 8
you got problems Squash !
The only thumbs up you GET are from haters just like you! Go be with your community of haters and stop acting like a smart *ss...
37. bayusuputra posted on 20 Feb 2012, 22:18 2 2
iPhone - an iPod with cellular radio
iPad 3G - an oversized iPhone, which itself is an oversized iPod
iPad WiFi - an oversized iPhone without the cellular radio, which makes it an oversized iPod
17. quesoesgrande posted on 20 Feb 2012, 13:59 4 0
Um, the only company that truly infringed on any apple patent was samsung. Apple just gve thier lawyers a stack of cash bigger than u can imagine and an EVEN BIGGER budget. Then, they said, go be anti competitive and find EVERY posible thing that could be in any ridiculous way b used against someone cutting into our profits (ie, samsung, htc, moto, lg, nokia) Then they said to find ideas in other OSes (ie, andriod notification bar, anyone?) that they could steal
29. XiphiasGladius posted on 20 Feb 2012, 15:41 0 0
Sue for what exactly? For not allowing them to use the ipad name which is trademarked/patented by proview? Sounds smart aren't they?
5. tward291 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 12:56 2 1
i believe that even if apple sued and won i germany it wouldnt mean anything if china doesnt except it. dont forget china does not have to operate under ares or Eu laws unless it fits them to do so
6. squallz506 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 12:59 6 1
i think ivanko's point was that apple would win if the lawsuit was in german court.
7. tedkord posted on 20 Feb 2012, 13:07 4 1
Trying to find justice in China is a losing battle. It's the land of piracy, and it's government is even more corrupt than others. In China, you could literally steal iPads, slap a sticker with your company name on it over the Apple logo, and sell them as your product, and if you grease the right palms in the government, you'll get away with it.
Apple won't lose a lawsuit in America, but they may lose the entire Chinese market for iPads - and that's a damned big market.
10. tward291 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 13:14 1 0
apple will have to make a lot of promises to the chinese goverment which means $$$. Also with them keeping there manufactoring base there for long term
