Proview brings iPad trademark fight to Apple's front door

Proview Shenzen, a Chinese company that claims it still has rights to the iPad name in China, has now brought the fight to Apple's home turf by filing a lawsuit in a US superior court in California.

Proview is continuing to aggressively pursue Apple over the iPad trademark. It has already managed to get the tablets pulled from select stores in China's Guangdong province.

The bankrupt Proview has been asking Chinese courts to ban the sale of the iPad until Apple pays the $1.6 billion it demands.

Now it's brought the case to Apple's front door, taking its corporate beef to US courts in another twist to this lengthy case which has been going on for the last two years.

Earlier this week Apple fought back against previous claims and threatened a defamation suit, saying: ""we formally reserve all rights to take further legal action against any individuals and entities for any damages that may result from defamatory statements and unlawful actions intended to wrongly interfere with Apple's business and business relationships."

Proview claims that Apple obtained the iPad name fraudulently when it used a subsidiary called IP Application Development Ltd. to buy the moniker in 2009 for ?35,000.

The fight goes on, and we'll keep you up to date with the latest.

From Wall Street Journal via The Verge

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OnLive brings Internet Explorer to iPad

OnLive has added a subscription tier to its OnLive Deskop application for the Apple iPad, which now adds Internet Explorer 9 and access to the company's super-fast cloud internet service.

The OnLive Desktop app first launched in January offering remote access to a full version of Windows 7 (including the in-demand Microsoft Office) through the company's servers.

The new $5-a-month OnLive Desktop Plus service now brings Internet Explorer 9 functionality, which allows users to access the flash videos and websites that will not play on Apple's Safari browser.

However, there's more to this than just another Flash-enabled web browser.

A subscription will give users priority access to OnLive's cloud-enhanced web speeds of up to a gigabit. Early tests have revealed download speeds of 650Mbps and upload speeds of 200Mbps.

It works by channeling your connection through OnLive's mightily impressive servers based in the cloud.

That means, regardless of how fast or slow, your home Wi-Fi connection is, OnLive Desktop Plus' cloud-accelerated connection will dramatically enhance page-loading and streaming speeds.

It'll also offer lightning-fast download speeds when opening webmail attachments from Gmail and Yahoo Mail, and transferring files from Dropbox.

"Experiencing a full Flash-enabled Web experience at gigabit speeds on iPad is nothing short of breathtaking, and OnLive Desktop Plus is your ticket to ride," said Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder and CEO.

"Combine that with OnLive Desktop's full-featured Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader PC applications and not only do you have the world's fastest mobile browser, but the world's most powerful productivity tools literally at your fingertips."

The company says a launch for UK users is coming soon, as well as versions for Windows, Mac and Android in the not-too-distant future.

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