well, a Chinese firm claims that Apple stole the ipad design and name. A number of company's already carry products called ipad. Now a tiny electronics company in southern China is claiming that Apple didn’t steal just the name of its product, but also its design. Wu Xiaolong, executive director of Shenzhen Great Loong Industrial, says that last July, his company released a tablet computer called the P88. “Anyone who sees the P88 will realize the iPad looks exactly the same,” he said. “We talked to a lawyer and we’re preparing material for a lawsuit.” The P88 and the Apple ipad are nearly identical, but the P88 runs Window's 7 unlike the apple ipad.In challenging Apple, Great Loong is trying to take a page from the playbook of America’s technology giants, which for years have complained about how small electronics firms in southern China clone the look — and sometimes other components and features — of branded goods, including the iPhone, Nokia cellphones and Dell computers. Some of these cheap knockoffs — called shanzhai goods — are popular in rural areas of China because they look like the real thing but cost significantly less. Reference: New York Post
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