CHINA-IPAD-DISPUTA

In this photo taken on Friday, May 6, 2011, customers try out iPad tablet computer at a Apple’s authorized dealer outlet in Changsha in south China’s Hunan province. Chinese officials face an awkward choice in Apple Inc.’s dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark _ side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created thousands of jobs in China. Shenzhen Proview Technology has asked regulators to seize iPads in China in a possible prelude to pressing Apple for a financial payout. iPads have been seized in some cities but there is no sign of action by national-level or other local authorities. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT