“Apple is closer to solving its trademark dispute with Brazilian telecommunications service firm IGB Eletronica,” Kenneth Rapoza reports for Forbes.
“According to Brazil’s largest daily, Folha de São Paulo, both companies have agreed to end the lawsuit over iPhone and come to some sort of ‘pacific agreement,’ the paper reported on Saturday,” Rapoza reports. “Apple has paid millions for its exclusive use of the word iPhone in the past and will likely pay IGB as well.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
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Brazilian trademark disputes?
“How many is THAT….?”
Agree. It seems whenever Apple trying to increase its present in any foreign country, one or more a-holes from that particular foreign country will file suit against Apple in some sort IP dispute. my 2 cents…
Dumb as a post aren’t you. Brazil is not some 3rd world country.
There are laws there from what I’ve heard. And, they have an economy which they control. Their trademark for iPhone predates Apple. They have a right to the name. Get over yourself.
There is no need to get defensive. BTW, I neither implied nor mentioned “3rd world country” in my post.
Have a great day tbone. 🙂
He’s just another fanboy. They are neither bright nor objective.
Can’t say I blame them as they were using Iphone several years before Apple announced their iPhone.
I agree with you. However, I did question IGB’s motive as iPhone has been used by Apple since 2007. What wait for so long to fight Apple? my 2 cents…
Apple wasn’t building a plant in Brazil in 2007.
It’s true. The company is Gradient. And they have been quite (well maybe somewhat) respectful of Apple acknowledging the iPhone as a phenomenal product. However, they happen to have an iphone (lowercase p) trademark in Brazil.
You mean like Cisco?
Not to mention IGB Eletronica registered the trademark “iphone” (or whatever capitalization) in 2001, about the same time the iPod was introduced.
Great reference to GW Bush!
I’m glad SOMEONE is feeling lighthearted today….
I don’t know about a bush reference but “pacific” agreement?
I had a manager a few year back. He would use “pacific” instead of specific as in “I pacifically told you”.
He was kind of a “rip”sh*t