iPad Can 'Tripped' By Bra Accessories

IPad name, which is attached to Apple's newest product, a potential stumbling trademark. Companies that already use the name iPad vary, ranging from electronic products to a bra manufacturer.

One of the brand holder iPad existing in the market is the German company Siemens. Siemens had previously used the name iPad for the machines they have.

There was also a chip manufacturer based in Switzerland that is STMicroelectronics. Quoted from News.com, Tuesday (2/2/2010), the company reported that they had registered that IPAD is an extension of the Integrated Passive and Active Devices.

However, from several companies that already use the name iPad, which is unique from the Ontario company called Coconut Grove Pads. Apparently, since 2007, they have made bras and shoulder pads called iPad.

Not yet known whether the companies above will act like Fujitsu. When Apple announced the iPad, Fujitsu representatives had expressed their disappointment as the iPad trademark owners.


Trademark dispute is not the first time Apple faced. Smashing the previous similar problems with Cisco Systems Apple related iPhone name. But the two technology companies finally agreed to share the name.