Once Apple has agreed to pay $ 60 million for the iPad trademark in China, american company received Siri copyright claim. Other firms from China intensified their activity, wishing to make money using the popular brand. This type of Apple news is getting more and more popular as company's stock value grows. For example, a local company Zhi Zhen Internet Technology applied to the Shanghai court with a claim against Apple, alleging infringement of patents in the development of voice technology by Siri. The fact that support for Mandarin and Cantonese dialects are soon to appear in Siri, and the Chinese company has a similar solutions- Xiao i Robot, patented in 2004 and designed for the Chinese market and are direct Siri competitors in that niche.

"We have 100 million users in China. And most of them use our product. It is available for Android, iOS and Windows Live Messenger.  Largest mobile operators China Telecom and China Mobile are working with us, as well as several major banks in the country" - the head of Zhi Zhen Internet Technology said describing the upcoming copyright claim. According to the Asian media, Zhi Zhen Internet Technology tried to negotiate peacefully with Apple, but the Californian giant found it necessary to ignore the Chinese firm. They applied a claim and now, if Apple will fail, it will pay more than $ 60 million for the iPad brand. This is the opinion of experts. As you might know Siri is insanely popular voice assistant from Apple. Despite it isn't Apple's development (the company just bought the license for the technology) and the technology is still in beta, it feels really comfortable on the market. The Siri voice assistant technology really boosted The iPhone 4S sales. Actually it was the only feature that really diversified it from its predecessor. If Apple will be smart enough it might choose to solve this Siri copyright claim question in a peaceful manner. But it's very doubtful considering Apple's court visit history in the last few years. Guess, we'll see another huge USA-China money giveaway in the nearest future.