Apple loses legal battle against Huawei ‘MatePod’ trademark

Beijing: Tech giant Apple has lost a legal battle to block Chinese conglomerate Huawei’s use of the “MatePod” name as its earbuds device.

According to a report in the South China Morning Post, the iPhone maker opposed the Shenzhen-based Huawei’s use of the “MatePod” brand in the earphone category “on the grounds that it was similar to Apple’s own trademarks for the terms Pod, iPod, EarPods and AirPods”.