Judge Who Nixed Apple-Motorola Trial Questions Need for Software Patents July 5, 2012 By Dan Levine The U.S. judge who tossed out one of the biggest court cases in Apple Inc.’s smartphone technology battle is questioning...
Apple Pays $60 Million to Settle China iPad Trademark Dispute July 2, 2012 By Melanie Lee and Samuel Shen Apple Inc. has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China...
China’s Trademark System Baffles Foreign Firms February 16, 2012 By Lee Chyen Yee and Melanie Lee China’s trademark system is a minefield of murky rules and opportunistic “trademark squatters” that even the world’s biggest companies and...
Chinese Court Rejects Apple Lawsuit over iPad Name December 7, 2011 A court in southern China has rejected a lawsuit by Apple Inc, accusing a Chinese technology company of infringing its...
BlackBerry Maker Scrambles to End Global Outage; Repair Damage to Brand October 13, 2011 By Alastair Sharp and Georgina Prodhan The company that makes the BlackBerry smart phone is working frantically to end a three-day global service disruption that has...
Fake Apple Store Cuts to Core of China’s Risk to Brands July 22, 2011 By Jason Subler A fake Apple store in China, made famous by a blog that said even the staff working there didn’t realize...
China Urges Greater Attention to Safety at iPad Factory After Blast May 25, 2011 China asked Foxconn Technology Group and other Taiwanese firms to pay more attention to safety, after a deadly blast at...
Supply Chain Concerns Grow as Japan Lacks Parts, Power, People March 18, 2011 By Mariko Katsumura and Hyunjoo Jin From Apple’s new iPad to Chevrolet pick-ups and many of the world’s airplane kitchens, concern is spreading down the global...