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China Court: AppStore Could Not Enjoy Safe Harbor Principle in Apple VS. Writer Alliance (Updated)

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(By You Yunting) Update: Apple made the following statement to the recently made court decision:

In AppStore, Chinese users could get more than 700,000 best apps from Apple developers. And as a holder of intellectual property, it has always been Apple’s awareness the importance of IPR protection, and thereby we carefully treat each infringement complaint. Apple cherishes the opinions and advices put forward by China Written Works Copyright Society, China Writers Association and Internet Society of China. For a better aid to the right protection of the content owners, Apple would continue improving the service quality.

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App Store: Duty Free for Safe Harbor Principle in China?

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By You Yunting

In March of 2012, 22 Chinese authors filed a lawsuit against Apple in Beijing No.2 Intermediate People’s Court and claimed  compensation of more than ten million. In the case, the plaintiffs stated that their works have been adapted into apps used on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, free of being charged at App Store. The case is the first lawsuit with the operator of App Store being the defendants, and will produce a prominent influence on the newly developed online store, which was launched in 2008 and with more than 360 million users . Now the litigation is under the spotlight, and this essay is focusing on the legal status of Apple and the defects in the process complaints of the store.

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New iPad Comes to China in June & New Progress of iPad Battle in China as Reported

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By You Yunting

According to the report, an insider said :” The New iPad will be officially on sale in the middle of this month in China mainland. Many dealers have begun to book orders. In addition, the insider said that Apple Inc and WeiGuan company have reached a” reconciliation” on some extent in the case of trademark IPAD in mainland.

According to the information announced by the website of Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center (A department under Chinese Ministry of industry and information technology ) in the end of last month, a mobile device of Apple( Apple, Inc., AAPL ) compatible with China Unicom ( China Unicom Ltd., CHU ) has obtained the license. From the wording of Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center, the device should be the Apple ‘s new iPad.

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