(Another) Apple Legal Dispute
It seems not a week can pass by without some kind of legal or patent dispute involving Apple. I suppose it is inevitable that, with many companies involved in the supply an manufacturing of iPads, there will be disagreements.
The latest comes in the form of a name dispute from China. Proview, a Chinese manufacturer, has long insisted they hold the rights to the iPad name in China and Hong Kong. They have now requested the courts block any import/export of iPad products to China until this is resolved. With manufacturing based there, this could (and it's a massive could) affect global supply levels, driving up prices.
Apple insist they bought the rights from Proview years ago - worldwide rights including China and Hong Kong. Apple never give too much away on these disputes so we'll have to piece it together from one-sided news reports.
