Chinese and South Korean companies are moving to take advantage of Apple Inc's struggle over copyright and trademark disputes in the largest market for mobile devices in the world.
A group of Chinese writers have filed a claim against Apple, alleging that the company's App Store sells unlicensed copies of their books and seeking $7.9 million in compensation.
With the dispute under review by industry and commerce authorities, Guangzhou Shiqi Cosmetics Co Ltd has filed an appeal in the Beijing High People's Court to overturn a lower court ruling that it violated the trademark of Smith Kline & French Laboratories.
If a trademark dispute between Apple Inc and a Shenzhen-based company does not reach a conclusion soon, Chinese shoppers may not be able to buy the next version of the technology giant's iPad tablet on the mainland.
High fashion brand Hermes has found itself holding the bag after a Beijing court ruled its Chinese-language trademark is legally owned by a clothing maker from Guangdong province.
A court in Guangdong province did not make a final ruling on a lengthy iPad trademark dispute between a Chinese company and tech giant Apple after a public hearing on Wednesday.
Journalists wait outside the Guangdong High Court, where the final ruling of the much debated iPad trademark dispute begins on Feb 29, 2012.
Speculative entrepreneurs in China are set to score slam-dunk style on the back of basketball player Jeremy Lin's meteoric rise to stardom.
A Chinese company sued a distributor of Apple products in a Shanghai court Wednesday, seeking to ban the sale of the company's iconic iPad mobile device.
The latest round in the legal wrangle over rights to the iPad name in China is scheduled for Feb 29 in Guangdong provincial high court as Apple Inc appeals a lower court ruling that favored cash-strapped Proview Technology.
The names of iPhone and iPad could wind up on hiking shoes, veterinary drugs or even diapers in China if Apple fails to remedy flaws in its brand strategy, experts say.
After a number of online stores suspended sales of Apple's iPad, the US tech giant accused Proview Technology of not honoring its agreement to transfer the rights to use the trademark for the product in China.