There is a wide debate among Apple users regarding rumors and leaks of Apple products and services. There are those who want to know every detail of the company's news, but we also find those who do not want information about the product until they find it in stores. It is a way of suddenly surprising ourselves with all the magic of an Apple product.
If we ask the company, it will tell us that it does everything possible to avoid leaks, many millions invested in R&D are at stake, as well as an advantage over competitors. But how does it carry out this action? Filing Trademark Applications in Jamaica.
When a brand wants to register a product, it generally goes to register it at a Patent and Trademark office, in this way a certain privilege is guaranteed. Is it enough to keep the project anonymous? In most cases, it is possible to consult the name of the manufacturer and its details, even the consultation can be done online.
How do you avoid this? Not all countries provide this transparency in product registration. Countries like Jamaica, Tonga, Iceland, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago prevent their products from being investigated.
For this Apple creates shell companies in these countries. The objective of these companies is to avoid any relationship with Apple and to register the product that the company wants to keep secret. It is estimated that the apple company has carried out this management more than 300 times, with products as innovative and relevant as the Apple Watch. But not only Apple performs this action, Google also "hides" its news in this way.
Now is the time to legalize the product in the company's country of origin. The US Trademark Law, speaks in section 44b:
It offers protection to the brand for the development of the product for a period of 6 months, provided that a previous registration of this product in another country can be demonstrated.
With this, the brands that practice this action they benefit from 6 months for the development of the product with the protection of their Patent office. The downside is how expensive this action is and therefore, it is only available to a few companies.