Ngemuva kokwethula i-iPad entsha ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ekugcineni Apple usuvele ungumnikazi wesizinda ipad3.com. Yebo, ingeyabameli bakho be-IP I-Kilpatrick Townshed & Stockton, kodwa izodluliselwa ngokusemthethweni ku-Apple maduze. Abaningi benu bayazibuza ukuthi kungani i-Apple inentshisekelo yokuqinisekisa leso sizinda uma bengabizanga ithebhulethi yabo ukuthi, "I-iPad 3”. Hhayi-ke, ngenxa yaleso sizathu, ukuze kungabikho muntu ongafaka ukunyakaza okuningi igama abangalikhethanga.
Ekupheleni kwenyanga edlule, Apple wedlulisele isicelo kwiNhlangano Yezobunhlakanipho Yomhlaba (WIPO) lapho bekubuzwa ukuthi ngubani umnikazi wesizinda ipad3.com.
Impendulo kwaba yinkampani ebizwa Ukufinyelela Komhlaba Wonke, etholakala e-Isle of Man futhi edume ngokubhaliswa kwesizinda sayo esikhulu. Ibhizinisi lakhe ukuthola izizinda ekugcineni ezibaluleke kakhulu kangangokuthi othile unquma ukukhokha imali enkulu ukuze ayisebenzise noma avele aqiniseke ukuthi akekho oyisebenzisayo. Lezi zinhlobo zezenzo zihlala zivimbele imikhawulo yokubhaliswa kwezimpawu zokuhweba.
Ukufinyelela Komhlaba Wonke Ayilindanga ukuthola isaziso esivela ku-WIPO ebeka isisekelo sokuxazulula ingxabano futhi yanquma ukudlulisa isizinda sazi izinsiza i-Apple ezingazisebenzisa engxabanweni yezomthetho. Iphaneli yokulamula esetshenziswa kulezi zimo ingathatha amasonto noma izinyanga ezimbalwa ukuxazulula lesi simo, into ebengayifuni i-Apple noma i-Global Access.
Impela i-Apple izosebenzisa lesi sizinda ukwenza a ukuqondisa kabusha ekhasini elibanjwe esizindeni apple.com, ngoba kusobala ukuthi ngeke bashintshe igama labo IPad entsha ku-iPad 3.