万花筒 2012-02-23&02-25 iPad商标纠纷 苹果面临巨额赔偿

 Scraps of metal, broken glass, this is what it looks like in China when a company falls apart. Proview was once know for its LCDs, now it's famous for litigation. It's taken Apple to court here in China over the trademark¹ of the word iPad. I spoke² with the company's lawyer here in Shenzhen. He told me it comes down to a settlement. That's what they want to see. They are waiting for Apple to come back to the table. 

 

--We already have an amount in our mind. I think it's a huge amount but I can not tell you now. 

 

--You are talking about 5 billion? 10 billion? or how? 

 

--Yeah, maybe. 

 

Xie tells me that Proview no longer makes its own version of iPad, that's the settle of this dispute. And that it did in fact licensed³ the trademark to Apple, but that was the Taiwanese company that licensed to Apple, not the one here in Shenzhen China. So what they are gonna do next? They've asked authorities here in China to ban both the import and the export of Apple's iPad, a move that could be crippling for production and really hurt the company's bottom line. Proview admits the likelihood that they are going through is slim and they are hoping for a settlement. The big question is when does that happen and how much is Apple willing to pay. 

 

Jon Gordon in Shenzhen, for Reuters

1 trademark   

n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标

参考例句：

• The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
• The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 licensed   

adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
• Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？