CCTV News:iPad商標之戰(zhàn)：蘋果公司聲稱唯冠拒絕履行協(xié)議

All right. Now, after a number of online stores suspended sales of Apple's iPad, the US tech giant has hit back. Apple is accusing Proview Technology of failing to honor the agreement to transfer the rights to use iPad trademark in China. Apple reportedly said in a statement that it had acquired the worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in ten different countries several years ago from Proview. Apple says a Hong Kong court has sided with the US company in this matter, but the case is still pending on the Chinese mainland. Proview Technology Shenzhen holds the trademark it registered in 2001 according to the official website of China's trademark authority. It claims Apple made a deal to buy the iPad trademark from Proview Technology Taiwan, a company associated with but is still a separate entity from the Shenzhen company. Many online stores in China, including Amazon China and Gome, have pulled sales of the iPad after the local administrations of industry and commerce seized shipments of the popular tablet computer in a second-tier city.