Apple Loses Appeal Over iPhone Trademark in Mexico

Posted March 15, 2013 at 11:38pm by iClarified | Please help us and submit a translation by clicking here | 5032 views

Apple has lost an appeal over the Ifone trademark in Mexico opening itself up to an infringement lawsuit filed by the company, report the WSJ.

According to the Journal, when Apple tried to file for the 'iPhone' trademark in Mexico they were told by the Mexican Industrial Property Institute that the name was already taken.

Apple sued to have the Ifone brand revoked on grounds it had expired for the Mexican company, but a federal court found that Ifone SA, registered in 2003, was making proper use of it. The Supreme Court this week rejected Apple's appeal against the decision at the request of Ifone.

The company's lawyer says they have already submitted a claim for damages resulting from use of its name by Apple and cellular carriers in the country.

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Pod5G - March 18, 2013 at 4:55am

Since it's spelled different, i don't see what is the infringement...

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Anonymous - March 17, 2013 at 3:18am

Apple,forget the iFone and don't make hard of yourself

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Minnesota Viking - March 16, 2013 at 2:56pm

The only country that stand against apple or not, corrupt or not, now apple has to pay for trying to play "smart" over one company funded back in 2003. I remember when I was in studying in the US back on 2007-2009 people over there just had shitty touch screen "smart android phones" , do you remember guys? There's no much difference between Mexico and the US about smartphones.

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Yakuza - March 16, 2013 at 6:47am

LOL ifone = iFoney

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tommy - March 16, 2013 at 12:24am

ifone =/= iphone

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