Apple in settlement talks with Proview over iPad trademark dispute

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Apple and Proview have initiated talks in an attempt to resolve an ongoing legal dispute over the iPad trademark, <em>IDG News Services</em> reported on Friday. Earlier this week, a Chinese high court recommended the two companies find a way to mediate the ongoing dispute. The mediation talks were voluntary, however both companies agreed to meet. “I think there is some hope the talks will lead to a resolution,” Zhao Zhanling, a legal expert on China’s information technology law, said, adding that if the negotiations were to fail, the higher court will be forced to move ahead and make a ruling. Apple and Proview have been locked in <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/14/chinese-firm-looks-to-block-ipad-sales-across-the-globe/">a high-profile legal dispute</a> over whether or not Apple has the right to use the <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/13/chinese-authorities-seize-ipads-over-trademark-infringement/">use the iPad name</a> in China and elsewhere. If Apple were to lose the case, the Cupertino-based company could be banned from selling the iPad in China. Apple maintains that it <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/20/chinese-court-orders-ban-on-apples-ipad/">licensed the trademark from Proview in 2009</a>, however the Chinese company claims the transaction in question is invalid.<span id="more-136449"></span>

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