I-Apple icele ngokusemthethweni inkampani yezokuvakasha ukuthi ibhekane nokuphatha umzila omusha womjikelezo ozotholakala esifundeni iRhine-Voreifel, eJalimane, ukuthi iguqule uphawu olumele le nsizakalo ngoba inokufana okuningi naleyo yenkampani ezinze eCupertino.
Ngokusho kwabameli baka-Apple, zombili iqabunga eliluhlaza elitholakala phezulu kophawu lwento nokulunywa okukhombisa ohlangothini lwesokunene lwe-apula ubufakazi obubili obucacile bokukhuthazeka e-Apple ababenakho ngenkathi benza ilogo. Iqabunga eliluhlaza lishintsha kuphela kulo mbala lapho kugujwa uSuku Lomhlaba. Okuncane ... angikuboni.
Lo mzila omusha womjikelezo, obizwa nge-Apfelrouter (Apple Route), wabhaliswa ehhovisi lobunikazi nophawu lwentengiso ngonyaka owedlule futhi usetshenziswa yihhovisi lezokuvakasha esifundeni iVin-Vorefiel, ngokusho kwephephandaba iWestdeutscher Rundfunk. Abameli bakwa-Apple abagcinanga ngokwethula ifayela le- bhala ekunikezelweni kokubhaliswa yi-Patent kanye ne-Trademark Office IsiJalimane, kodwa futhi unxuse ukuthi bayeke ukuyisebenzisa ngokushesha.
U-Eva Konrath, uMqondisi Ophethe Wezokuvakasha esifundeni iRhine-Voreifel uthi banomkhiqizo ohluke ngokuphelele nokuthi kuyamangalisa ukuthi inkampani enkulu njenge-Apple iyamhlasela. I-Apfelroute ihlela ukuqala imisebenzi yayo ngoMeyi 19. Uma sinaka ukuthi imifaniswano nakho konke okuhlobene nakho sekuvele kulungisiwe, kungaba izindleko ezinkulu ukuthi le nsizakalo ishintshe ngokungazelelwe yonke idizayini.
Ukuze ijaji lisebenzise i-Apple, okungenani eYurophu, uphawu lwale nsizakalo kuzofanela ukuthi ihlotshaniswe nabasebenzisi, into ekubona ngeso lenyama kubonakala kungenakwenzeka. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umsebenzi ohlotshaniswa nale logo uhlobene kakhulu nobuchwepheshe nokuthi i-Apple imeleni. Kepha-ke, i-Apple kufanele izwakalise obala ukungakhululeki kwayo, ngoba e-United States kunenkolelo yokuthi uma kungenziwa, ukuhlukunyezwa kuyakhuthazwa.