Apple could face disruption of its iPad sales in China after a court rejected its claim to own the iPad trademark in the country, Financial Times reported.

The developments are the latest in a long-running dispute between Apple and Proview Technology (Shenzhen), a struggling Taiwanese-based company that registered trademarks for the name IPAD in many countries before Apple conceived its tablet computer.

(China.org.cn December 9, 2011)

苹果在中国的iPad销售可能中断。据英国《金融时报》报道，此前中国一家法院驳回了苹果在中国持有iPad商标的主张。

这是苹果与唯冠科技（深圳）公司之间长期争端的最新进展。唯冠是一家处境艰难的台资企业，早在苹果推出其平板电脑之前，就在多个国家注册了IPAD商标。