Apple Inc.’s lawsuit accusing Proview Technology (Shenzhen) of infringing its trademark “iPad” in China was rejected by the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court on 5 December 2011.
        Proview Technology (Shenzhen) is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-headquartered Proview International Holdings Limited, which also has a branch in Taipei. According to the court, the “iPad” trademark was registered by Proview Taipei in a number of countries and regions as early as 2000 and by Proview Shenzhen on the Chinese mainland in 2001. Proview Taipei subsequently sold the trademark to a UK company IP Application Development. And when Apple signed a contract in 2006 with the UK company for use of the trademark, China was not included in it.