Chinese tablet PC maker wants to sue Apple over the similar iPad design?

Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial, that started selling its P88 tablet last year, will possibly file a lawsuit against Apple.
The case arouse with the launch of Apple’s iPad, that seems to look like the Chinese maker’s P88.

However, Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial, is not to rule out a lawsuit against Apple, according to a company representative.

The company is based in a southern Chinese city known for producing knock-off phones, which are called "shanzhai," or "bandit" phones, and sometimes take the form of counterfeit iPhones or other popular handsets. Nevertheless, the Chinese company denies being shanzhai in this case claiming to be first with the device.

The P88 weighs more than the iPad and has much shorter battery life at just over one hour during active use, compared to Apple's stated battery life of 10 hours for the iPad. But both devices use touchscreens that have a black border and a similar size, at 10.2 inches for the P88 and 9.7 inches for the iPad. Company’s representative Wu said its firm’s tablet is sold in the US, but declined to say at which outlets.

China's gray market for electronic devices also reacted quickly to Apple's announcement of the iPad last week.

Apple did not unveil if the iPad will be sold in China. Local carrier China Unicom started selling the iPhone last year, but gray-market versions of the device were already widely sold in China.

As the Japanese Fujitsu said, it also owns the rights to the brand "iPad," raising another possible legal challenge for the Apple device.