Post Tagged with: "Trademark"

Apple Facing $1.6 Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Use of iPad Trademark in China

Taiwanese company Proview Technology has the trademark rights for “iPad” in China and is suing Apple for up to $1.6 billion dollars for trademark infringement. They’re also demanding an apology from Apple for the transgression.

Back in 2006, Apple used a UK company called IP…

Apple Doesn’t Win Patent on the term ‘Multi-Touch’

Apple has gone patent crazy in hopes to try to maintain market dominance of the iPad which maybe seeing a 25% decrease in volume next quarter. Thankfully the patent office hasnt completely lost their mind and denied Apple a patent on the term “Multi-Touch”.
The…

Toshiba Thrive Successor to Be Called Toshiba Excite?

Earlier we reported that Toshiba would be releasing a sleek, thin tablet as a follow-up to their Thrive tablet. Not too much was known about it beyond the details of its thinner form-factor, but now we know a possible name: Excite. According to an article…

HTC Tablet Trademark Names it the Scribe

There have been many rumours over the past few months about HTC and their tablet intentions. The “HTC Scribe” is described as a “handheld wireless device, namely, a tablet computer” in HTC’s submission, while the name itself would seem to suggest some form of stylus.…

Smartbook is a Trademark *Update*

So here we go again. It seems that the german company Smartbook has the trademark and copyright on the term “smartbook” and like the Psion/Intel netbook issue, these guys are choosing the same way of communicating with bloggers and webmasters. Yesterday i got a letter…