Apple claims firm broke trademark agreement

BEIJING - After a number of online stores suspended sales of Apple's iPad, the US tech giant accused Proview Technology of not honoring its agreement to transfer the rights to use the trademark for the product in China.

Many Chinese online stores, including Amazon China and Gome, pulled the iPad after local administrations of industry and commerce seized loads of the popular tablet computers from a second-tier city.

"We bought Proview's worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in 10 different countries several years ago," according to a statement Apple sent to China Daily on Wednesday.