Apple’s on-again, off-again deal with China Unicom to officially bring the Iphone to China may still be up in the air, but it looks like it could now plus be facing some trademark issues that could potentially further hold up its release. Apparently, China’s Hanwang Technology owns the trademark for “i-phone” in the country, which could force Apple to compose a deal with ‘em before it enters the market (sound familiar?). Interestingly, Apple does actually own an “Iphone” trademark in China, but it apparently only covers computer hardware and software, while Hanwang’s trademark covers mobile phones. According to Hanwang, however, the two aren’t actually in talks just yet, and it’s not saying what it plans to do whether Apple decides go crazy and announce a move into China without its blessing.

[Via moconews.net]