SAN FRANCISCO: A California judge tossed out a lawsuit in which the Chinese firm Proview Electronics Co Ltd accused Apple Inc of tricking them into selling the “iPad” name for less than it might have.
Proview, which is also suing Apple in China over alleged illegal use of the iPad name, filed a lawsuit in California superior court in February, saying the US consumer electronics company deceived it by purchasing the rights to the name through a special-purpose vehicle.
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