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Guess who hasn’t yet gotten its share of Proview’s recently acquired $60 million? Ironically, it’s the lawyers that helped it win the iPad trademark dispute in China. According to Sina Tech, Grandall Law Firm confirmed that its shady client refused to pay up the promised 4 percent of Apple’s settlement fee, which equates to $2.4 million. While acknowledging their contractual arrangement (wherein the law firm covers the legal fees in advance, and then expect the client to pay up after winning the case), Proview founder Yang Rongshan told Sina Tech that Grandall’s behavior is “nonsense,” and that his company isn’t obliged to pay back immediately as it isn’t under normal operation right now. However, Yang promises Proview won’t “pass the buck.” We shall see about that — maybe he could spend some yuans on buying Grandall a few new iPads, at least.

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Apple has settled its iPad trademark suit with Proview, agreeing to a $60m pay-out in order to use the iPad name for its tablet in China. “The iPad dispute resolution is ended,” the Guangdong High People’s Court confirmed in a statement. “Apple Inc. has transferred $60m to the account of the Guangdong High Court as requested in the mediation letter.” Proview had argued that Apple’s apparent purchase of the iPad trademark back in 2009 was not legally valid.

Apple had believed it was securing the naming rights when it dealt with a Taiwanese affiliate of Proview for around $55,000. However, Proview subsequently argued that the affiliate had no legal right to sell the name, and that its 2001 registration of the use of “iPad” in China still stood.

Skepticism around Proview’s motivations was quick to surface, especially amid rumors that the company was facing bankruptcy and under significant pressure from its Chinese bank backers, among others, to extract as much money from Apple as possible. Proview’s lawyer says that while “this is a result that is acceptable to both sides,” the company had hoped for as much as $400m, and that it still faces the possibility of bankruptcy.

Apple is yet to comment publicly on the settlement, which according to Chinese statements was actually agreed on June 25. “As we all know that Apple has made iPad such a big name, I don’t think that brand could do Proview a lot of good even if Proview won it” Proview’s attorney said.”

If you’ll miss the constant, confusing axe hovering over Apple’s branding, feel free to relive each step of the beautiful journey to $60m silence in the story timeline below.

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Apple pays Proview $60m for iPad trademark is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Earlier this year, iPads were flying off the shelves in China — but not for the expected reasons. The slates were being removed from stores following an injunction granted to Shenzhen Proview Technology, a local firm that had laid claim to the iPad trademark. The injunction would later be rebuffed by a Shanghai court, resuming tablet sales while the dispute raged on. Today, Apple and Proview have come to a resolution, putting $60 million in Proview’s coffers and the matter to rest.

Feeling lost? Let us catch you up. Way back at the turn of the century, Proview’s Taiwan branch registered the “iPad” trademark for its Internet Personal Access Device — an all-in-one PC that wasn’t unlike Apple’s own iMac. Later on, Apple would purchase the worldwide rights to the name from the Taiwan branch, which presumably included Shenzhen Proview Technology’s claim — though the Chinese vice minister for the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) would later declare Proview the trademark’s rightful owner. Fast forward to today, and the two firms are finally settling.

According to The New York Times, Proview had originally sought as much as $400 million, but has agreed to settle for a lesser amount to help it pay its debts. Either way, Apple seems to have already transferred the sum, according to the Guangdong High People’s Court, apparently eager to put the dispute behind them.

Apple pays $60 million in iPad trademark dispute, makes peace with Proview originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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