NVIDIA registers the 3080, 4080 and 5080 nomenclatures in Europe to prevent AMD from using them on Navi
Important move by NVIDIA in trying to register trade names 3080, 4080 and 5080 in the European Union to prevent it from being used in AMD Navi
A few days ago the YouTube channel, AdoredTV, leaked data and nomenclature of the AMD Navi. The last data published by Viedocardz They would deny this information. But the thing is that the name leaks would also come to nothing according to the latest information that appeared. According to Overclock3D, NVIDIA would have submitted a nomenclature request to the European Union Intellectual Property Office that affects the company's future graphics. To prevent AMD Navi from being named the same or similar to NVIDIA graphics, the use of the numbering 3080, 4080 and 5080 would have been reserved.
NVIDIA registers the trade numbers 3080, 4080 and 5080
The brand is important, but the trade name is also very important. We have seen how AMD with the Ryzen copies of Intel Core nomenclature. AMD in recent years in the field of graphics has used different names. They started with the Radeon HD, they continued with the Radeon R5 / R7 / R9, Polaris was called Radeon RX, then we have the Radeon RX Vega and the last one is Radeon VII. With the naming leak, NVIDIA would have been quick and wanted to prevent AMD from using a similar naming in graphics.
It is normal that NVIDIA did not feel comfortable with the possible theft by AMD of its nomenclature in graphics. To avoid the RX 3080, RX 3070 or RX 3060 based on Navi, it has been chosen to protect the name. A rather creepy strategy on the part of AMD that it has already used in the naming of processor chipsets.
This application is currently under review by the European Union Intellectual Property Office. NVIDIA still has to be accepted or not by this body. They may be forced to add some text as numbers or single words cannot be registered. NVIDIA will probably register the RTX 3080, RTX 4080 and RTX 5080 (and lower models) to prevent AMD from using it. If it were to be accepted, AMD would even have a difficult time using the RX 3080 name, as it looks very similar to the NVIDIA name and could lead to error or confusion.
