Summary Box: Chinese city seizes Apple iPads

Associated Press

Published: Monday, Feb. 13 2012 9:00 a.m. MST

FILE - In this file photo taken on Jan. 26, 2011, a man stands near Apple's iPad advertisement in Shanghai, China. The official said Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, that investigators in Shijiazhuang, southwest of Beijing, started seizing iPads last week at the request of a company that filed a complaint with the government accusing Apple Inc. of violating its rights to the iPad name.

Eugene Hoshiko, File, Associated Press

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Summary

IN A NAME?: Because of a dispute over ownership of the iPad name, authorities have seized Apple's tablet computer in a city in northern China.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?: Because of a dispute over ownership of the iPad name, authorities have seized Apple's tablet computer in a city in northern China.

ABOUT THE DISPUTE: Shenzhen Proview Technology registered the iPad name in China in 2001. Apple bought rights to it from a Taiwan affiliate, Proview Taipei, that registered it in various countries as early as 2000. The mainland company says it still owns the name in China.

WHAT NOW: Shenzhen Proview says it is asking for similar action in other cities. That threatens to complicate Apple's efforts to sell the iPad in its fastest-growing market.

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