Judge Mark Pierce in the Superior Court of the State of California in Santa Clara County has thrown out Proview Electronic's lawsuit against Apple over the iPad trademark in China.
On Friday, the Intermediate People's Court in Huizhou, a city in southern China's Guangdong province, ruled that distributors should stop selling iPads in China.
Chinese authorities have reportedly begun confiscating iPads from local retailers following the a verdict that Apple infringed on the iPad trademark owned by Proview in the country.
The Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court has denied Proview's request for an injunction to stop iPad sales and suspended the case pending a ruling from the High Court.
MarketWatch reports that an Apple device compatible with China Unicom's mobile network has received a network access license from China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center.