Apple wins a trademark lawsuit against Xiaomi in Europe

06 December 2017
The EU General Court ruled that people might mistake the Mi Pad with the iPad.

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  • 07 Dec 2017

Anonymous, 07 Dec 2017Lawsuits and patent mess, this is the reason why this most ... moreQA testing and assurance is not an unnecessary expense. Chinese products are lower quality just because they do not test their devices properly taking ALL possible scenarios into account. That's why those devices sometimes lag, sometimes restart, sometimes have glitches, sometimes force close apps, are vulnerable to hacks, and generally have loads of bugs compared to more expensive brands where they actually test their devices against all possible scenarios.

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    • 07 Dec 2017

    FinnishInquisition, 07 Dec 2017iPad, MiPad. The court, with more experience and knowled... moreThank you for further proving my point.

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      • Fvc
      • 07 Dec 2017

      AnonD-441601, 07 Dec 2017They should ban apple. They are out of mind as always. A... morewireless charging its Nokia and not Samsung

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        • JHF
        • 07 Dec 2017

        Lawsuits and patent mess, this is the reason why this most exotic technology brand of todays is not entering america and europe. Yes mi pad look like apple. Apart from that, such a brand that meticulously cuts unnecessary expenses made by other brands to provide cutting edge technology for fraction of the price of big brands cannot sustain with such narrow minded laws.

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          • SH3
          • 07 Dec 2017

          They should ban apple.
          They are out of mind as always.
          And if when they took 4k recording technology from Sony wirreles charging from Samsung Super Amoled display from samsung etc. Thats like to be said allright???

            Anonymous, 07 Dec 2017They took Israeli firms tech and didn't pay them... It's on... moreI'm guessing you're talking about the frivilous lawsuit from Corephotonics?
            Their four "patents" are extremely broad umbrella patents, and won't ever hold up in court. It'd be similar to patenting "a structure with four or more cylinders attached". That could be a car, a skateboard, a shopping trolley. See the issue?
            You can patent nearly anything you want. It just won't hold up in court if it's too broad.

            I also find it rather damning that Corephotonics are claiming everyone that buys an iPhone are also infringing on their patents. They're just being money-desperate patent trolls at this point.

            And at no point did Apple claim ownership of the word "pad". Stop being facetious. You can't pretend like MiPad doesn't look like iPad and could be mispronouned as My Pad. It's another rather blatant attempt by Xiaomi to use the Apple brand recognition to earn them profits.

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              • Anonymous
              • ELT
              • 07 Dec 2017

              To fruit's evil within! How is this possible!?
              iPad=Mi Pad!?? Huh fruit!???

                Cisco's switch and router operating system is called 'IOS'.

                Just a random fact.

                  Apparently apple have got spy drones everywhere, so when someone asks who's paying the bill and you say "I paid", you get slapped with a court order asking for royalties for using the copyrighted words as it sounds too much like iPad.

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                    • 07 Dec 2017

                    FinnishInquisition, 07 Dec 2017If you don't uphold your trademarks legally, you lose them.... morePad is also for writing pads and notepads. Are Microsoft or companies who make writing pads supposed to sue apple for That?

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                      • tDT
                      • 07 Dec 2017

                      Wtf

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                        • 07 Dec 2017

                        FinnishInquisition, 07 Dec 2017...? How did Apple take the latest iPhone camera "like a... moreThey took Israeli firms tech and didn't pay them... It's on here too

                          Mzma PIB, 07 Dec 2017Apple not copy but just take it like a mafia.. latest Iphon... more...?

                          How did Apple take the latest iPhone camera "like a mafia"? And what exactly was it they "took"?

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                            • IWN
                            • 07 Dec 2017

                            Apple just announced their back paying tax of $15B, who do you think EU is going to side?

                            Such is the justice we know.

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                              • tZj
                              • 07 Dec 2017

                              Ibad and Mibad also sound similarly. Why dont use tab or tablet? Anyway it is a name not technology developing.

                                FinnishInquisition, 07 Dec 2017Would you mind explaining how Apple has been a "copycat"?Apple not copy but just take it like a mafia.. latest Iphone camera as example..

                                  AnonD-103438, 07 Dec 2017So what apple is also a copycatWould you mind explaining how Apple has been a "copycat"?

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                                    • 07 Dec 2017

                                    My tablet is called a Banana MyPad!

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                                      • 07 Dec 2017

                                      FinnishInquisition, 07 Dec 2017iPad, MiPad. The court, with more experience and knowled... moreSo what apple is also a copycat

                                        Lol so now apple has ownership of the word pad? Patents and trademark regulations becoming more and more juvenile each year. Pathetic.