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Chinese courts often try to mediate agreements out of court. But it is unclear whether Apple is open to that option. Proview, a financially troubled maker of computer displays and LED lights, says it registered the iPad trademark more than a decade ago. Apple says Proview sold it worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in 2009, though the registration was never transferred for China. Proview's other worldwide trademarks for the iPad name were owned by another subsidiary of the Proview Group, Taiwan-based Proview Electronics. But the mainland China trademark was registered by Shenzhen Proview. An Apple spokeswoman, Carolyn Wu, said the company had no new comment on the possibility of a settlement with Proview. In a statement, Apple reiterated its earlier insistence that it would never "knowingly abuse someone else's trademarks." The statement adds that Proview "still owe a lot of people a lot of money, they are now unfairly trying to get more from Apple for a trademark we already paid for."
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