At least for the time being, Apple can continue to sell iPads in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights was suspended until a bigger case is heard.
Chinese firm Proview had called for the courts to prevent Apple, who it accuses of infringing its trademark, from selling the device in the city. Apple insists it acquired worldwide rights for the iPad name in 2009.
Proview had requested a provisional injunction to take the iPad off Shanghai’s shelves, claiming the rights to the iPad name in the Chinese market after registering it back in 2000 – years before Apple released its tablet computer.
Proview is threatening to continue the battle in US courts.