Why ProView can’t win iPad name lawsuit

Several years ago, a little known company in China named ProView sold the naming rights of the above illustrated machine to Apple. There’s plenty of legal proof that the transaction took place, enough to solidify Apple’s defence at least. There are printouts of numerous emails sent between the two companies, detailing the price and the countries involved. More interesting than that is what the iPad was. If the “Internet Personal Access Device” doesn’t look familiar, you may want to look back in to the history of the iMac.

Back in the day, the iMac’s design was unconventional. It didn’t have a separate tower or desktop computer, it was all inside the monitor. The only outside parts were the keyboard and mouse. It was pretty too, and had a useless handle at the top to help people understand that computers should be approachable and tactile. Nothing else looked like it, at all. A couple of years later, ProView released the machine pictured above. Need I say more?

The ridiculous thing is that despite the legal agreement between Apple and ProView for the naming rights, and the fact that the “original” iPad was a blatant rip-off of the iMac, the company still wants $2 billion in compensation. Lets hope the Chinese legal system sees some sense in this catastrophic affair.

Via: TechCrunch