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In a heated courtroom hearing in Shanghai Wednesday, Apple defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China.
A Chinese technology firm sought to halt the sale of Apple Inc's iPads across the affluent city of Shanghai, arguing at a local court hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. firm had infringed on its trademark.
A scanned advertisement of the Proview iPad made its way onto the Wall Street Journal's China Real Time Report Blog, Feb. 17, so now everyone can see what the Apple trademark dispute is really all about. As mentioned in the accompanying report, Proview's iPad looks nothing like Apple's, but it does look a little bit like the iMac desktop computer of a decade ago.
MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom was released on bail Wednesday, after a New Zealand court had decided he lacked the means to flee the country.
Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, one of the world's leading file-sharing and online storage sites (but is now defunct), was granted bail, Wednesday, by a New Zealand court, but his freedom has been curtailed with a series of restrictions.
Lindsay Lohan is set to host Saturday Night Live on March 3rd. This will be the star's fourth time hosting. She first hosted the late night sketch comedy show in 2004 at the age of 17, and most recently hosted in May 2007. The episode will also mark Jack White's first performance as a solo artist. This will be White's second performance on SNL--The White Stripes performed in 2002 when Senator John McCain hosted.
Paramount Pictures, the movie studio that controls all the rights over the fictional mafia family's story The Godfather, has sued the estate of Mario Puzo, arguing that the heirs of the author has wrongfully authorized the publishing of a pair of sequel novels.
A Watergate-era law banning U.S.-based companies from bribing public officials has seen new life in the Obama administration, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says corporations need guidance.
The New York Knicks' new star point guard Jeremy Lin recently applied to trademark Linsanity several days after two California men each filed separate ones, attempting to cash in on the fervor surrounding Lin and his vernacularly adaptable name.
The Lindsay Lohan comeback streak is picking up even more steam. First it was announced that she would host Saturday Night Live and now she may be taking on a new movie role. The troubled actress, who posed for 'Playboy' magazine this year, will star as the late Elizabeth Taylor!
Trying to top Dan Savage's santorum neologism campaign, one Tumblr blogger has created a composite image of Rick Santorum out of stills from gay porn flicks.
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday took a case that aims to end race as a factor in college admissions.
Bergen County Prosecutor's announced the arrest of Fort Lee man in connection with the deadly hit-and-run that left a woman dead.
Howard Lutnick's BGC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) has agreed to buy the commercial real estate brokerage Grubb & Ellis Company (PINK:GRBE), which will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the wake of declining revenue from the commercial real estate bust.
A man questioned in connection to the case of missing baby Lisa Irwin has been charged with first-degree assault in an unrelated incident. Dane Diggler Greathouse, 28, has been charged for stabbing Greg R. May this weekend in Gladstone, Mo. Baby Lisa's parents, Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley, claim missing baby Lisa was taken from her crib late Oct. 3, 2011 while Bradley was asleep and Irwin was at work. The one-year-old remains missing.
Abigail Noel Fisher, a white student rejected from the University of Texas, is taking an appeal of affirmative action policies to the nation's highest court.
Supporters of Prop 8, a same-sex marriage ban a federal appeals court said was unconstitutional, will hold off on taking its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
After clamoring for the number one spot when it came to endorsing Facebook’s initial public offering in the beginning of the month, Goldman Sachs lost to Morgan Stanley, and placed fourth among U.S. financial rivals. Although it wasn’t chosen as the social-networking giant’s main supporter, Goldman Sachs and Facebook may have more in common than some think. In the past week, both companies claimed victories in intellectual property lawsuits, according to BusinessWeek.
After two deadlocked juries and three acquittals, the Department of Justice wants to drop a foreign bribery case launched after a Las Vegas sting operation netted 22 businessmen.
Apple Inc's trademark battle moves to one of China's richest cities on Wednesday when a Shanghai court will deliberate a request by troubled technology company Proview to halt the sale of iPads across the city.
Apple fans are expecting the tech giant to debut iPad 3 on March 7, or at least in the first week of March, if rumors are to be believed, but they could be in store for disappointment - Apple might delay the release of iPad 3 as iPad tablets have been banned in China over a bitter trademark dispute between the tech giant and Proview – a bankrupt Chinese company.
