Ipad dispute lawyer denies reports on compensation

BEIJING: A lawyer for technology firm Proview Shenzhen denied media reports that Proview is seeking a huge amount of compensation from Apple Inc following a legal battle over the use of the trademark “ipad”.

Apple was plunged into a legal dilemma after losing a December 2011 court case to proview shenzhen, which claimed the rights to use the name “ipad” on the Chinese mainland.

All the complaints and lawsuits filed by Proview Shenzhen after the December 2011 court case are against Apple’s franchisers on the Chinese mainland, saidmadongxiao, the lawyer representing Proview Shenzhen, at a briefing held in Beijing.

“In all the lawsuits, Proview Shenzhen did not ask for a single cent in compensation from Apple over the trademark dispute,” Ma said. “The only compensation claim is 100,000 yuan (RM48,354), which is for payment of lawyers and related travel expenses, not for the use of the trademark by Apple,” said Ma.

Mamadethe remarks after reports of an enormous compensation claim, which led to suspicion that Proview aims to take advantage of the lawsuit to save the company from bankruptcy.

The Guangzhou Daily reported on Tuesday that Proview Shenzhen, which operates with a debt of about 1.15 billion yuan (Rm554mil), had demanded 10 billion yuan(rm4.8bil) in compensation. — Xinhua