iPad trademark lawsuit looms

Shareholder of Chinese tech firm claims rights to product's name

BEIJING - US technology giant Apple Inc may face a lawsuit in China because a domestic computer screen maker claims it has the rights to the iPad name in the country.

Proview International, a Hong Kong-based technology company, registered the iPad trademark in 2001 and still owns the rights to its use in China, said Li Su, a shareholder of Proview.