U-Apple ucele ngokusesikweni inkampani yezokhenketho ukuba ijongane nolawulo lwendlela entsha yomjikelo eza kufumaneka kwingingqi yeRhine-Voreifel, eJamani, ukuba itshintshe ilogo emele le nkonzo kuba inokufana okuninzi naleyo yenkampani esekwe eCupertino.
Ngokwamagqwetha ka-Apple, zombini igqabi eliluhlaza elikumphezulu we-logo kunye nokuluma okubonisa kwicala lasekunene le-apile zibubungqina obucacileyo bokukhuthazwa yi-Apple ababenayo xa besenza i-logo. Igqabi eliluhlaza litshintsha kuphela kulo mbala xa kubhiyozelwa uSuku loMhlaba. Isuntswana malunga ... andiyiboni.
Lo mzila mtsha webhayisekile, obizwa ngokuba yiApfelrouter (Apple Route), wawubhalisiwe kwi-patent nakwi-ofisi yophawu lwentengiso kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye isetyenziswa yi-ofisi yabakhenkethi bengingqi yeVin-Vorefiel, ngokutsho kwephephandaba iWestdeutscher Rundfunk. Amagqwetha ka-Apple awakhange anikeze kuphela babhenele kunikezelo lobhaliso yi-Patent ne-Ofisi yoRhwebo IsiJamani, kodwa bayabongoza ukuba bayeke ukuyisebenzisa kwangoko.
U-Eva Konrath, uMlawuli oPhetheyo wezoKhenketho kwingingqi yeRhine-Voreifel uthi banemveliso eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo kwaye kuyamangalisa ukuba inkampani enkulu njenge-Apple iyamhlasela. I-Apfelroute iceba ukuqala imisebenzi yayo ngoMeyi 19. Ukuba sithathela ingqalelo ukuba iyunifomu nayo yonke into enxulumene nayo sele ilungisiwe, kuya kuba lixabiso elikhulu kule nkonzo ukuba itshintshe ngesiquphe uyilo luphela.
Ukuze ijaji ilawule iApple, ubuncinci eYurophu, ilogo yale nkonzo Kuya kufuneka ukuba udityaniswe nabasebenzisi, into ethi ukuyibona ngamehlo ibonakale ingenakwenzeka. Ukongeza, umsebenzi onxulumene nale logo uhambelana kakhulu netekhnoloji kunye nokumelwa yiApple. Kodwa, ewe, iApple kufuneka ivakalise esidlangalaleni ukungonwabi kwayo, kuba e-United States kukho inkolelo yokuba ukuba ayenziwa, ukuphathwa gadalala kuyakhuthazwa.