The Mexican Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling in a case involving the iPhone trademark, effectively ruling against Apple’s claim. The latest ruling barred the US company from registering another trademark for the iPhone. Although Apple in Mexico is already registered in two classes related to this trademark, they still wanted to get the third.

The lawsuit was settled out of court with local call center company “iPhone”. The call center could seek compensation from Apple and the country’s three mobile operators in the future, based on a high court ruling.

Although not sure exactly how much money will be fined The Wall Street Journal A lawyer for the nearby Mexican company said it could be at least 40 percent of the relevant sales.

The case, which was upheld by the Mexican Supreme Court on Friday, was originally started in 2009 by Apple. The US technology company applied for the cancellation of the trademark class of the “iFone” call center, claiming that it was “unused.” But in the end the Mac maker did not succeed.

However, despite the lawsuit, no ban was imposed on the sale of the iPhone in Mexico.

A few days ago with the iPhone trademark in Brazil Parjaya accepts Apple. The local company lost to the IGB The path to compromise This US company, which is one of the most popular smartphone and computing device manufacturers in the world, is going to be selected.