Mexico denies Apple rights to the 'iPhone' name

Submitted: March 17, 2013 - 4:46pm
Originally published: March 17, 2013
Last updated: March 17, 2013 - 4:49pm
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Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Naci?n (SCJN), Pino Su?rez 2, Mexico City, 06065, Mexico

The Mexican Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that iFone, a small IT company in Mexico City, is the rightful owner of the iPhone name in that country.

The company registered the name in 2003, four years before Apple rolled out the smartphone it dubbed the iPhone, according to the Wall Street Journal. The case goes back to 2009, when Apple tried to register the phone brand name in Mexico and the Mexican Industrial Property Institute said it was already taken. Apple tried to take the name by suing, arguing that it had expired for iFone. Now iFone, which says its names is a combination of the word "Internet" and telephone in Spanish, is free to continue pursuing damages from Apple and three Mexican carriers for using the name.

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