Apple could not be patented iPad design in Russia. Again.
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
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According to the latest market research firm GFK, sales leader in Russia is a tablet Samsung. The Korean company holds 28% of the Russian market, while Apple takes the second place and the remainder of it at one and a half percent. It is clear that such a small difference can be attributed to technical error in statistical data collection, but in any case, it is unlikely the Cupertino company's senior management is going to put up with the layouts of affairs and make every effort to reach an unconditional first place in the tablet segment, especially in such a potentially promising market, as Russia.
To achieve the task can be different ways - recruit in the Russian representation and open chain stores Apple Store, operate with authorized resellers without intermediaries and reduce the price of branded devices. And you can go the other way - to try to register a bunch of patents to issue a trademark on the tablet, and to condemn all competitors who shamelessly steal other people's ideas.
It seems that Apple decided to move in parallel in both directions. A few days ago it was in the pages of the unlimited Internet made public the decision Chamber of Patent Disputes concerning the registration of the trademark iPad in the Russian Federation.
In accordance with the material designation APPLICATIONS [iPad] It is voluminous and is a narrow parallelogram with rounded corners. Almost the entire surface of the front of the plane takes a rectangular screen, under which is a round "stick". Edges between the front face and the narrow lateral edges trimmed outline. On the underside of the narrow side there are four rectangular openings, one in the center and three on the right.
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In conclusion, also indicated that the claimed designation representing a schematic goods is characteristic of modern electronic communication devices (Tablets, devices for reading books and periodicals, etc.), which are produced by various manufacturers, for example, companies «ASUS», «Samsung», «HTC», «PocketBook», «Sony» et al. Slight differences in the size of the device, the size and placement (or absence) of "joystick" is not an essential criterion for the difference in their perception.
In fact, this is the second attempt to register the iPad trademark in Russia. Apple's first appeal to the Chamber of Patent Disputes has been committed for more than two years ago, at the end of July 2010. Then, as now, it was decided to refuse the registration of the brand on the provided description.
It is interesting that a couple of weeks ago for patent registration offices and US brands (US Patent and Trademark Office) granted Apple patent similar to "unique and unrepeatable» iPad design. Before us another visual confirmation that the intricacies of patent law in the various countries differ.