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Chinese Companies Are Now Squatting On Every Available Trademark
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SHANGHAI (AP) — iPotato, isock, icouch, istove, i-you-name-it. An Internet search for "i'' words from A to Z will turn up just about any combination you might think up, from all over the world, only a handful of them related to Apple Inc. Given its penchant for "iproducts," Apple's...
Riot reported at Apple partner Foxconn's Chengdu factory
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A riot involving "hundreds" of workers broke out at Foxconn's Chengdu factory in southern China as disgruntled employees clashed with security guards reportedly over "past grievances" involving working conditions....
Apple's iPad trademark row ratchets up as Chinese firm seeks tablets seizure
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Shenzhen Proview Technology says it owns iPad name in China and wants customs officials to ban import and export of devicesA Chinese company says it will ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple's iPads over a trademark dispute.All iPads are manufactured in China, thus global sales of...
Chinese customs: iPad too powerful and popular to be banned
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A country-wide import and export ban on Apple’s iPad that ProView is pushing for due to an ongoing litigation over the iPad moniker will be anything but easy to implement, Chinese customs officials told Reuters this morning. As known, Chinese company ProView owns the “iPad” trademark and is already petitioning Chinese...
Apple could lose China iPad trademark postures Chinese government official as groups enter mediation
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Apple’s iPad trademark dispute with cash-strapped display company Proview has continued to drag on despite the Chinese company claiming it was in negotiations with Apple as recent as February. Today, several reports suggest that Apple and Proview are currently involved in court-moderated mediation with senior officials posturing that Apple...
Apple could lose China iPad trademark postures Chinese government official as groups enter mediation
Foxconn factory shown in Marketplace video
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After helping This American Life sift through the monologue of performer Mike Daisey, NPR Marketplace reporter Rob Schmitz got his own look at the Shenzhen plant of Apple supplier Foxconn in southern China. Read full article >>...
Arrests over kidney sold for iPad
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Five people are arrested in southern China after a teenager sold his kidney so he could buy an iPhone and iPad computer, state media say....
Charges Filed After Chinese Teenager Sells Kidney to Purchase iPhone and iPad
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Reuters reports that five people have been charged with intentional injury in southern China after a teenager sold one of his kidneys in order to purchase an iPad and iPhone. According to the report, those charged include the surgeon who removed the kidney and another person who arranged for the...
Chinese teenager sold kidney to buy iPhone
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Five people charged after 17-year-old boy from one of China's poorest provinces sold organ to buy coveted Apple gizmosFive people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury in the case of a Chinese teenager who sold a kidney so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad.The five,...
Five charged after Chinese teenager sells kidney to buy iPad, iPhone
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A Chinese teenager sold his kidney in southern China to buy an iPad and iPhone, and now his renal deficiency is deteriorating, and five people are charged with intentional injury. The teenager is known in reports by his surname Wang. According to Reuters (via Xinhua News Agency), prosecutors in Changzhou city, Hunan province claim...
The Disturbing Story Of How A Teen Sold An Internal Organ To Buy An iPhone
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury in the case of a Chinese teenager who sold a kidney so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad, the government-run Xinhua News Agency said on Friday. The five included a surgeon who removed...
New York Times edits article by Mike Daisey it posted just after Steve Jobs’ death due to fabrications
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The New York Times edited an article by now-suspect monologuist and performer Mike Daisey to reflect that questions have been raised about its accuracy. This follows the public radio program This American Life retracting an entire episode of its program starring Daisey. The article, entitled ‘Against Nostalgia‘, was penned by...
New York Times edits article by Mike Daisey it posted just after Steve Jobs’ death due to fabrications
Apple Threatens to Sue Proview for Defamation as Chinese Court Asks Distributors to Pull iPads
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Associated Press reports that a Chinese court has ruled against Apple in its ongoing trademark dispute with Proview Technology over the rights to the "iPad" trademark in that country, deciding that distributors should halt sales of the iPad in China. The impact of the ruling is, however, unclear as the...
Workers at Apple contractor threaten suicide in wage dispute
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Foxconn says dispute has ended after Chinese factory employees said they would jump off building in protestWorkers at a factory owned by Foxconn, Apple's main manufacturer, threatened to jump off the roof of a building in a protest about wages, a month after the two firms reached agreement on improving...
Chinese court orders ban on Apple’s iPad
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A lawyer representing Proview International on Monday announced that the Intermediate People’s Court in Huizhou, a city in southern China, ruled on Friday that distributors should stop selling iPads in China, Associated Press reports. Proview has claimed ownership of the “iPad” name in China and it says Apple is violating its...
Foxconn Again Raises Wages for Entry-Level Workers
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Reuters reports that Apple's manufacturing partner Foxconn has announced new wage increases for entry-level workers at its facilities in China, boosting pay anywhere from 16-25 percent. The increase, which comes as Foxconn is again under increasing global pressure stemming from reports on working conditions and worker rights issues at the...
Foxconn's Hiring "Lifestyle" And "Safety" Managers To Make Sure Workers Don't Kill Themselves While Making Your iPhone
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March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Foxconn Technology Group, targeted by labor groups for criticism over its working conditions, is seeking a safety and security officer, a lifestyle services manager and two fire chiefs for a China unit that supplies Apple Inc. Foxconn’s Integrated Digital Products Business Group advertised the positions...
Foxconn's Hiring "Lifestyle" And "Safety" Managers To Make Sure Workers Don't Kill Themselves While Making Your iPhone
Fair Labor Association: Foxconn’s plant conditions are better than most
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On Monday, Apple announced that the Fair Labor Association would be conducting audits of facilities managed by its Chinese suppliers. Foxconn Technology Group, whose factories manufacture the iPad, has come under fire after a rash of worker suicides, fatal explosions and allegations of poor working conditions. Working conditions at Foxconn,...
Five charged as Chinese teen sells kidney for iPad, iPhone
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Five people from southern China have been charged in the case of a 17-year-old who sold a kidney to buy an iPad and an iPhone, according to the state's Xinhua News Agency. The incident was first exposed when the teen, only identified by the surname Wang, was asked by his...
Thousands Line Up for New iPhone Production Jobs at Foxconn Facilities in China
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Back in late December, reports surfaced indicating that Foxconn was planning a major expansion of its iPhone production capabilities in Zhengzhou, China, with the company reportedly investing $1.1 billion and working with the Chinese government to recruit 100,000 new workers to the facility. M.I.C gadget now reports that the hiring...
Thousands line up for Foxconn jobs in Zhengzhou
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The Chinese city of Zhengzhou was flooded with thousands of applicants on Monday who gathered outside a labor agency to apply for iPhone plant jobs as electronics giant Foxconn begins to ramp up its huge hiring efforts. The crowd continued to grow throughout the day despite recent controversy...
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