Regulators in Brazil on Wednesday rejected Apple`s application to register its iPhone trademark in the country, having already recognized a local manufacturer`s claim to the name.
The Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) "denied Apple registration of the iPhone trademark," the institute`s press office told AFP. The decision was officially published by the INPI.
Apple had applied for exclusive rights to the iPhone name in Brazil in 2007 when it launched the wildly popular smartphone in the huge Latin American market.
But Brazilian manufacturer Gradiente SA had applied to register the brand "Gradiente iphone" in 2000, and was granted rights to it in 2008.
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Edited by: Sabbin Hasan, ICT Editor
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