Apple may have some problems selling the iPhone to our neighbors to the south.
A Mexican court has denied Apple's bid to continue selling devices named "iPhone" while it battles a trademark dispute with a Mexican telecommunications company called iFone, according to PhoneArena.com.
The decision stems from a 2009 suit Apple filed, trying to stop the Mexican company from using the name "iFone."
In fact, it was the Mexican company that filed the iFone trademark in Mexico in 2003, some four years before Apple's iPhone trademark.
The Mexican company is also suing Apple for infringement, asking for 40 percent of Apple's profits off iPhone sales, according to PhoneArena.
It isn't clear yet, but this decision could delay Apple's plans to start selling the iPhone 5 this weekend on the Mexican market, PhoneArena.com reported.
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