An iPad may hide another
Hardly already revealed and challenged. Here and there, people have criticized Apple's iPad charges of usurpation of all kinds. The product name is first challenged. This Friday, the group of services and computer equipment that Japanese Fujitsu claims first use of the name "IPAD" for some of its equipment for supermarkets. For example: "IPAD" is the name of a digital mobile group, for ease of reference prices and stocks at any time and any place in a store.
The device is marketed in the United States since 2002. Futjitsu states have filed through one of its U.S. subsidiary, an application for the name in March 2003. An approach which, according to Masao Sakamoto, a spokesman for Fujitsu in Tokyo, has not yet resulted.According to Japanese press, Apple will have to decide before February 28 if he opposes the request for name registration by Fujitsu. This in turn has not yet decided whether to launch a lawsuit against Apple.
But Fujitsu is not the only one to blame for identity theft to Apple. American society Slate Computing has already filed with the Japanese name "IPAD" for a range of electronic products ranging from computers to metronomes through toys or mobile phones. The German giant Siemens has also registered the international trademark "IPAD" for micro-engines and electric motors, applied to various products.
The question is whether the commercial courts will be called to decide on the use of the name dispute into the blogosphere.The jokes are multiplying on the net, users do not fail to recall that "IPAD" suggests "towels" ( "pad") in English payday loan . Suddenly, the word "buffer" has become the second most discussed topic on Twitter …
"Why did they do the same thing as us?"
But the name is not the only object of all disputes. Since the lifting of mystery about the product and its features Wednesday, several companies around the world rise against the U.S. giant, accusing it of stealing their idea. The latest company to date to show his displeasure, Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial Co. is Chinese. The company official, Huang Xiaofang, marketing claims exactly the same product … for 6 months in China.Shanzhai.com, a technological reference blogs in China, says in fact many similarities between the two devices. The tablet "P88", as dubbed in Chinese society, appearance is almost identical. Heavier and thicker than the iPad, the Chinese model boasts still offer a bigger screen, more memory and, above all USB ports, an element missing from the Apple iPad.
The P88 was launched in August and presented last year at an electronics fair in Berlin. This makes it clear to Huang Xiaofang that Steve Jobs is a copier: "We have started before. We do not understand. Why have they done the same thing as us. "Note however that the P88 has a Chinese battery with a charging time of half past one while Apple promises 10 hours of continuous use without recharging.
This discussion shows at least Apple did not eventually hear disputes. The functionality of the iPad is already considered by some observers minimalist.
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