battle in China, allowing it to sell its leather products as "IPHONES".
Apple recently found itself on the losing end of a trademark suit it filed against Beijing-based leather wallet and accessory maker Xintong Tiandi Technology, which has for years been selling leather products named/branded "IPHONE".
The Californian company- Apple- originally filed for "IPHONE" trademark in 2002, with Xintong Tiandi following in 2007. Apple began its legal battle with Xintong Tiandi in
2012, but the Beijing Municipal
High People's Court rejected
Apple's most recent appeal on
March 31.
The Municipal Court's decision
echoed a 2013 judgement from
the Chinese trademark authority, with its logic being that Apple's iPhones weren't sold in mainland China until 2009 and, as a result, the company couldn't prove that
the "IPHONE" trademark was
widely known before Xintong
Tiandi took it up in 2007.
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