Russian newspaper Izvestia reports [Google translation, via AppleInsider] that Apple has filed for a trademark on the term "iWatch" in Russia, supporting rumors that the company is planning to launch a smart watch as soon as later this year. The Russian trademark filing is said to claim a priority registration date of December 3, 2012 in Jamaica. Apple and other companies frequently file first in Caribbean countries such as Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago where records are not easily searchable online, using those priority dates to help secure protection in other countries at later dates. According to the report, Apple has applied for protection on the "iWatch" name in two trademark
