1. In Brazil , the brand IPHONE was registered in 2000 by the company then called Gradiente Eletronica S.A. , now IGB Eletronica S.A .
2. In Brazil , the IPHONE brand was registered in 2000 by the company Gradiente Eletronica S.A. , and then IGB Eletronica S.A .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Pick your answer from:
(1). no;
(2). yes;...I think the answer is
(1).