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Apple trademarks design of its retail stores

The US Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple's request for trademarks on the minimalist design and layout of its retail outlets. ...  

Armed robbers loot Apple Store in Paris on New Year's Eve

Some reports say the thieves walked away with about 1 million euros ($1.32 million) of loot. ...  

Asia's biggest Apple store opens in Beijing

Beijing: Apple's largest store in Asia opened in Beijing on Saturday. The store, located in the city's commercial street of Wangfujing, is Apple's third in Beijing, reported Xinhua. John Browett, Apple's senior vice president of retail, had previously said that the new store is the company's largest store in Asia, with an area of 2,300 square meters and more than 300 employees. A full range of accessories for Apple products...  

22 more fake Apple stores in China found

Beijing: Authorities in China's southwestern city of Kunming have identified another 22 unauthorized Apple retailers weeks after a fake of the company's store in the city sparked an international storm. China's Administration for Industry and Commerce in the Yunnan provincial capital said the stores have been ordered to stop using Apple's logo after Apple China accused them of unfair competition and violating its registered trademark, state media said on Thursday....  

Chinese city orders two fake Apple shops to close

Kunming: Chinese officials in Kunming ordered two fake Apple shops to close, a local newspaper reported on Monday, an apparent reaction to a storm of media attention about an unauthorized and elaborate hoax store in the southwestern city. A total of five self-branded "Apple Stores" were found to be operating without authorisation from Apple Inc according to the Metropolitan Times report, posted on the Kunming government website. Two stores were...  

Scuffle at Apple store phone launch in Beijing

Beijing: A fight broke out between an employee and a customer at an Apple store in China's capital amid a frenzy to buy the newly launched white iPhone 4, a witness said. Thirty-year-old Wang Ming said Saturday's scuffle at the Apple store in Beijing's Sanlitun district was between a "foreign" Apple staffer and a Chinese customer. An Apple spokeswoman in China, Carolyn Wu, said the store "was closed for several...