May 24, 2021
LetsGoDigital
Days after Samsung filed a trademark application for Galaxy Z Roll, the South Korean company submitted another one for Z Slide with the European Intellectual Property Office.
According to the application, the trademark is classifed under Class 9 which suggests that the device is a phone, mobile, telecommunication apparatus or tablet computer.
Samsung is using the Galaxy Z moniker for its lineup of foldable phones, so it is very likely that the Z Slide is an upcoming foldable phone with an extendable display.
Samsung recently teased a new range of foldable displays which include a S-Foldable OLED panel, a slidable OLED panel and a 17-inch foldable panel.
Samsung trademarks âZ Slideâ smartphone name with European IP Office
Recently, we learned that Samsung trademarked the name âZ Rollâ, hinting that the company was working towards a device with an extendable display. Samsung has more recently trademarked the name âZ Slideâ with the European Intellectual Property Office, indicating yet another entry into Samsungâs âZâ lineup of devices. The trademark is listed under Class 9, indicating a smartphone, mobile, telecommunication apparatus, or tablet computer.
Thereâs no telling what the âZ Slideâ would look like.
LetsGoDigital provided the following mockup render and speculates that the Z Slide may be a smartphone with an extendable display that grows vertically, meanwhile, the Z Roll expands horizontally to transform to a larger, tablet-size display. You could also think of it as a rollable version of a Z Flip while the previously reported âZ Rollâ is a rollable ver
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Bezos non-profit loses trademark case at EU court
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The Bezos Family Foundation, a non-profit organisation run by the family of Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has lost its appeal against a trademark invalidation at the EU General Court.
The tenth chamber of the court delivered the judgment yesterday, February 24, affirming an earlier decision by the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and its boards of appeal. In doing so, it upheld the opposition of SNCF Mobilités, France s national state-owned railway company.
The dispute arose in December 2017, after the foundation filed an application for the registration of the word sign ‘Vroom’ as an EU trademark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).