Posted on 01/10/2007 3:56:12 PM PST by Petronski
Cisco Sues Apple Over IPhone
Jan 10 6:07 PM US/Eastern
By JORDAN ROBERTSON AP Business Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
"iPhone" will remain its unofficial name either way.
Then Cisco can sue millions of individuals for how they choose to speak their language.
I've already asked the mods to delete this.
get this! this is rich!
"An Apple executive told PC World that because the Cisco iPhone is a voice over IP (VoIP) phone and the Apple iPhone is a cell phone, Apple is not violating Cisco's trademark."
http://www.playfuls.com/news_05822_The_Apple_iPhone_Advantages_and_Disadvatanges.html
I wish every company out there start making .ogg and wma files player and call it an iPod...
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