Guess who first registered the iPad trademark?

It is not Apple but Proview of Taiwan.


Click on FT.com for full details.

In short:

You would have thought that Apple would be the first with the iPad trademark, but Proview in China beat Apple to it.The important part of the report is that
between the years 200 and 2004, Proview registered the trademark in EU, China South Korea, and other countries. But in 3006, Proview sold to apple the "global trademark" for the iPad label, and the two companies are at logerheads whether that deal should include China, now a profitable consumer base.

Proview currently focuses on effient LED lighting products if it owns the http://www.proview.com site, a screenshot is provided below: