Apple records in Japan trademark «iWatch»

Rumors that the Cupertino are working on a "smart watches" are becoming less groundless ...

Bloomberg reportsThat Apple has so far only submitted an application for the registration of «iWatch» brand in Japan, but there is no doubt that the company has secured the right to use a combination of symbols.

Recall that in the past month Rospatent received an application from Apple for registration of the trademark «iWatch» from two classes of the International Classification of Goods and services: Class 9 It includes "data processing equipment and computers", and the class 14 - "horological and chronometric devices. " For the first time, Apple has registered the trademark iWatch December 3, 2012 in Jamaica.

It is possible, however, against the background of hype around «iWatch» Cupertino decided to simply block access to competitors in advance publicized numerous media title. But voiced the other day at the shareholders meeting Foxconn statements directs the likelihood of such a scenario to zero.