MADRID, 9 Jul. (Portaltic/EP) -
Apple will not be able to use the iWatch mark in Europe or the United States, as this mark has been granted to other companies previously. If it is used, Apple will have to pay a millionaire amount to the companies. Alternatively, the Cupertino company could register the iWatching trademark.
As published a few days ago by the newspaper Sina Tech, the iWatch brand had already been registered in China before. To this news is added another that hinders if possible the possibilities of the Cupertino company to be able to make the iWatch brand its own in other territories. Apple will also not be able to register this trademark in Europe or the United States.
In China, according to the report, three companies belonging to the category of watch manufacturers have registered to register their products under the name of iWatch. Currently, the iWatch brand is used in Europe by the Italian company Probendi, which under this term is responsible for creating an application for sending video, sound and location data to an emergency and online security system.
In the United States, the registration of iWatch is in charge of the Californian company OMG Electronics, whose objective was to launch like Apple its own smart watch but did not have enough funding to finish this project.
The late acquisition of the brand by Apple has made the company have to look for and register this product with another new brand, iWatching, or on the contrary, pay to use it, as happened last year when Apple had to pay the Taiwanese company Proview60 million dollars (46.6 million euros) to use the iPad brand in China.
Apple has initiated the procedures to be able to register the iWatch trademark in Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Colombia, Turkey and Russia.
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