The ink didn’t even dried out on the Apple’s iPad announcement and it seems the first lawsuit against it is getting served as both Fujitsu and an unknown company, Mag-Tek, have the right to use the iPad name. Personally I don’t understand why Apple chose the iPad name as it know the trademark it’s being fought over since 2002 when Fujitsu and Mag-Tek argued who can use it, one for a Windows CE point of sale device (Fujitsu’s) and the other for a PIN-entry keypad. The current status to iPad trademark use is somewhat unclear, but what we know is that Apple hasn’t trademarked iPad in US, so they might get in trouble over it, just like it did with ‘iPhone’ which was also used by Cisco.

    Apple will need to cut a deal with Fujitsu over iPad name

    Apple will need to cut a deal with Fujitsu over iPad name

    If there’s one thing that history taught us is that Apple never learns but manages in the end to get deals done to continue using the alleged names. In the iPad case it will probably get to pay some dollars (they afford it) to make Fujitsu happy.

    Source: Engadget