~ Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone.
First of all i must say, I don’t know how Apple hasn’t seen this coming, I’m pretty sure Steve Jobs and his crew were well aware that the iPhone is a registered trademark, and i when i heard Apple released the iPhone under that name i imagined they’ve come to some terms with Cisco over using the brand name, but aparently not:
Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday it is suing Apple Inc. in federal court over Apple’s use of Cisco’s registered iPhone trademark for its new handheld device.
Cisco has owned the trademark on the name “iPhone” since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.
And three weeks ago, Cisco’s Linksys division put the trademark to use, releasing an Internet-enabled phone called “iPhone” that uses the increasingly popular Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.
On Tuesday, Apple unveiled the iPhone, its “game-changing” touch- screen-controlled cell phone device that plays music, surfs the Web and delivers voicemail and e-mail.
“Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco’s iPhone name,” said Mark Chandler, Cisco senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. “There is no doubt that Apple’s new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.”
Cisco is seeking injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying Cisco’s iPhone trademark.
“Today’s iPhone is not tomorrow’s iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand,” Chandler added.
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Qwaider قويدر on Thu, 11th Jan 2007 1:53 pm
The 800 pound guerilla strikes back! Not only are they ruining every single standard and protocol in the world … but now picking on poor old Apple …
Oh wait, I don’t like Steve Jobs that much … meh .. kill each other
dadan on Thu, 11th Jan 2007 6:26 pm
bakka now your rich …
buy me one .. ya ‘7ok ya ‘7ok …
moryarti on Thu, 11th Jan 2007 8:27 pm
….Not only are they ruining every single standard and protocol in the world…
shaklak you work for Juniper or Avaya …
anon on Thu, 11th Jan 2007 8:44 pm
Make the world a better place, punch Qweider in the face.
Sari Al-Hiari on Thu, 11th Jan 2007 11:34 pm
Bakkou,
There are like 6 other companies with products launched under the name iPhone. One from Linksys that connects to a Linksys station via Wifi and gives access to your skype account. And this was launched about 6 weeks ago.
I am guessing Apple is gonna debate this as they have the right to the horrible i-Prefix to everything since they the one abusing it since the iMac of late 90s.
Anyways, I am now scrolling with my finger through my contacts on my 2.5″ 3 yearold LCD screen.
Take that Stevo!
Qwaider قويدر on Fri, 12th Jan 2007 3:30 am
No, I don’t work for Juniper or Avaya, I set/work with the standards!!
Anon… oh grow up …
moryarti on Sat, 13th Jan 2007 12:30 am
i can prove you wrong btw
Qwaider قويدر on Sat, 13th Jan 2007 5:46 am
Prove that I’m wrong? hmm let me see. So I write a spec for a standard, it gets IETF approval, the whole world adopts it .. Cisco comes around and what? They’re incompatible? everyone else is screwed!? It doesn’t inter-op!?
Even Cisco themselves can’t make such a claim!! 
Ahh … all I need is one instance that they’re not compliant (and that’s toooooooooo easy to do) compared to you who needs to prove that they’re not … wanna prove it? go right ahead and waste your time ..
chris on Mon, 13th Oct 2008 7:53 pm
There is one under the name iphone ,Linksys that connects to a Linksys station via Wifi and gives access to your skype account.