A leaked T-Mobile memo reveals instructions that the 'Apple iPhone' name and image can no longer be used by the company to drive sales and customer traffic, reports TMONews.
Now, let's be clear and say we don't know the reasons for this, it could be a T-Mobile management decision, an Apple legal decision, a T-Mobile legal decision or something else entirely. In other words, I wouldn't jump to conclusions.
Still, we know Apple is a lawyer-happy place so it wouldn't surprise us if they took issue with T-Mobile using the iPhone name in marketing without officially carrying the product. At the very least, in terms of marketing collateral as this brief memo suggests.
Take a look at the memo below. Does this sound like Apple Legal to you?
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Now, let's be clear and say we don't know the reasons for this, it could be a T-Mobile management decision, an Apple legal decision, a T-Mobile legal decision or something else entirely. In other words, I wouldn't jump to conclusions.
Still, we know Apple is a lawyer-happy place so it wouldn't surprise us if they took issue with T-Mobile using the iPhone name in marketing without officially carrying the product. At the very least, in terms of marketing collateral as this brief memo suggests.
Take a look at the memo below. Does this sound like Apple Legal to you?
Read More [via Ian]