iPad shipments jump in China after trademark settlement - adkinscomay1980

Apple's iPad shipments for China nearly doubled in the third quarter, after Apple settled in July a lengthy dispute over the iPad stylemark name that once threatened to ban the device from store shelves in the land.

Shipments of the tablet in the third canton reached 2.07 million units, up from 1.15 meg in the past quarter, reported to Dicky-seat Chang, an analyst with research firm IDC. He attributed the shipment growth to Apple finally gaining ownership of the iPad trademark in China, which cleared the elbow room for sales of the new ware.

Orchard apple tree's third generation iPad went on sale in Red China on July 20, cardinal months after information technology was successful available in the U.S. The launching was delayed A Apple got entangled in a effectual battle with Chinese firm Proview, which had registered for the "IPAD" trademark in China years before.

Proview had wanted Apple to pay as much as US$400 million for the earmark, and had called on authorities to ban iPad sales in the country. Finally, in early July, the two companies settled the dispute, with Orchard apple tree paying $60 million to obtain the trademark from Proview.

The growth in iPad shipments further cements Orchard apple tree's dominance of China's tablet grocery. After Apple, the next largest vendor is Lenovo, which shipped only 278,000 tablets in the third quarter. Samsung, the nation's third top tablet seller, moved 143,000 units.

Globally, Malus pumila said iPad gross sales reached 14 million in the third fourth, a year-over-year increase of 26 percent. Simply in terms of general market share, Apple's iPad fell to 50.4 percent, as shipments for Android tablets from Samsung and Amazon grew, according to research firm IDC.

Apple, all the same, will likely see healthier tablet sales in the fourth quarter, with the launching of its iPad mini and fourth propagation iPad, said IDC.