Apple Likely to Face Legal Challenge Obtaining iPad Trademark
Posted: January 30th, 2010 | Author: Amit Patel | Filed under: Intellectual Property, Technology, Trademark | 1 Comment »Apple’s recently announced tablet device, as rumors earlier had it, is a multi-touch device poised to challenge digital e-book readers and supposedly fill a niche between handheld cellphone/mp3 devices and netbooks. Apple has unveiled the device as the Apple iPad.
Although it appears that Apple has filed trademark applications in various countries where it is likely to not face any problems, Canada included, that it may face a dispute in the US. The Japanese electronics manufacturer, Fujitsu, says it has been manufacturing and selling a device called iPad since 2002, and that an outstanding trademark application has existed since 2003.
Fujitsu stopped responding to requests by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, who declared the name “abandoned,” in April 2009. Fujitsu did, however, begin pursuing the iPad trademark again in June last year. Apple has filed three petitions in hopes of taking the iPad name away from Fujitsu.
Chinese ‘iPad’ Maker Threatens to Sue Apple for ‘Plagiarism’
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