"Chinese apples" is an English term for pomegranate.
Pomegranates seem to be plentiful these days, but there is another
Chinese apple that is facing extinction: the Apple iPad.
Recently, a Chinese court determined that Chinese tech company
Proview Technology (Shenzen) Co. Ltd. was the owner of the mark
"iPad" in China. Proview obtained a registration of iPad
in 2001, and the court found that Apple had produced no evidence
that Proview obtained that registration in bad faith. Apple claims
it bought the rights to iPad from Proview, but the court disagreed
and found Apple liable for infringement.
Under Chinese law, Proview is now getting Chinese authorities to
seize Apple iPad tablets in China, and is seeking a ban on all
exports of Apple iPad products made in China. That means that none
of Apple's Chinese-made iPad products would be able to leave
the country. The ban would also apply to the importation of any
iPad products into China.
