Apple wants the domain iPad3.com

Apple wants the domain iPad3.com

With the launch of the " new iPhone "Apple stopped using numbers to distinguish between generations of iPhone, a practice that surely we will see in the sixth generation of the iPhone (it is very likely that the name chosen is" new iPhone ").

Still, Apple has decided, according to a news website launched by the Domain Name Wire , suing the owners of the domain iPad3.com at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

IPad3.com The domain was registered in January 2010 and now owned by a company called Global Access. Not the first time that this company does something, and lost some lawsuits against big companies like AllState, AOL and MasterCard. Currently the domain is "parked" and does not work, but apparently, previously used for a web site full of advertising.

What will happen when they come out new versions of the iPhone ? Apparently all domains iPad #. Com to iPad25.com have already been registered. But, interestingly, Apple has not iPad.com domain.

The purpose of this is, of course, prevent "cybersquatting" and redirect the traffic from these domains to the corresponding sections of the home page of Apple.

If you want an example of what I speak, try to visit iPhone.com. Now come into iPad.com, you see the difference?

Does this affect the brand image of Apple? Like many other companies, Apple fights tooth and nail for domain names containing any variant of the names of their products. This is done by registering themselves every domain, and if they have not arrived in time, making the complaint to the agency for brand protection or WIPO.

As examples I can cite you filed a complaint that Apple iPhone5.com regain control (which won) and another with a Polish forced to relinquish ownership of the domain aplestore.com. The latter is not the only case of domains with "typos" with which Apple has had to deal.

Interestingly, the Cupertino have been applied and have already applied for top-level domain. Apple, so we may soon see sites like "iphone.apple" or "ipad.apple", although it is likely that this domain is left alone to internal company use. However, a domain like this is much more complicated than you take it. For example, Apple has paid $ 185,000 to have this domain. To see who is ready to pay this and then you try to buy it at a higher amount ...

It is clear that the name is very important for a company.

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