IMHO, to me this says that Apple is very comfortable with the next couple of quarter's revenue, sales, and margins projections. Otherwise, they would have settled this case and brought the new iPads to China as quick as possible. Is that a fair assumption? Apple offered a more than reasonable settlement, and Proview, being greedy, rejected it. Apple isn't just going to cave in and offer them the moon, because it would set a bad precedent for other companies trying to shake them down on flimsy pretexts.
I don't believe the Proview case is relevant to Apples comfort level with their projections, though, I'm sure they expect to be able to at least meet their guidance for this quarter, without assuming any iPad sales in China. |
