OPPO and vivo have been unofficially referred to as Green Factory and Blue Factory respectively in China, based on the colors of their logos, but the companies have now made the nicknames official by trademarking them.
The trademarks were filed back in May 2020 but got registered only this year, or on March 2021, to be precise. They are valid until 2031.
The trademark filing (via My Drivers) further reveals that the Green Factory label will cover a total of nine types of scientific equipment while the Blue Factory label will keep seven mechanical equipment under its umbrella, although details about them weren’t available.
Public information shows that OPPO was founded in 2004, with Chen Mingyong as its founder. The company entered the field of smartphones in 2011 and launched OPPO X903 – the first Chinese sliding Android smartphone.
vivo, on the other hand, was founded by Shen Wei, who was earlier responsible for the BBK Electronics mobile phone business. It made its entry into the world of smartphones with the launch of the vivo V1 in 2011.
OPPO recently completed a merger with OnePlus with the two companies agreeing to integrate their research and development capabilities. The most noticeable resultant change of the move has been OnePlus devices now shipping with ColorOS.
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