AppleInsider Staff
Apple's filing, first reported by Fusible (via MacRumors), could be seen as evidence that Apple plans to name its next-generation iPhone the "iPhone 5." However, it could also simply just be an effort by Apple to avoid confusion among consumers who might think the domain is owned by or affiliated with the company.
With the release of the third-generation iPad in March, Apple chose to eschew its traditional numbering scheme, simply introducing the device as the "new iPad" rather than "iPad 3." That has led some to speculate that Apple could simply call its next iPhone the "new iPhone."
The iphone5.com website is currently a small forum with a handful of posts. The complaint can be found at the official WIPO site, where it is Case D2012-0951 and labeled "active."
Apple has turned to WIPO to obtain other domains in the past, including ipods.com last July. Late last year, the company also sought to take down iphone4s.com and a handful of other domains that featured hardcore pornography.
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I hope they don't just make it a redirect, but send people to a single-page site.
Like this one, but with the relevant subject matter. Aww, that site's down! Maybe people got intelligent enough to let it fall by the wayside. Hopefully the same will happen here.
Lawmakers need to make it easier to take down domain squatters.
It is almost impossible to pick a name for a new business venture because every single domain name is taken and many of them are taking by domain squatters.
Need a "use it or lose it" policy.
Lawmakers need to make it easier to take down domain squatters.
It is almost impossible to pick a name for a new business venture because every single domain name is taken and many of them are taking by domain squatters.
Need a "use it or lose it" policy.
It is fairly easy for a company like Apple to take down a website that incorporates its trademark. Apple will obtain this domain no problem. Where it is hard is if you come up with a new name for a business, and then look for it online to find somebody squatting on the name. If the other person thought of the business name before you, you are out of luck.
Hmm, a domain name for last years iPhone. iOS surely is easy to use, but do these people think we all have a single digit IQ?
Don't you think someone at Apple would have thought it would be a good idea to buy up "iphone5.com", "iphone6.com", "iphone7.com", etc?
This is pretty basic stuff, folks.