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Cisco Sues Apple for IPhone Trademark Infringement
Reuters ^
| Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:04 PM GMT20
| Reuters
Posted on 01/10/2007 6:28:56 PM PST by Cinnamon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems said on Wednesday it sued Apple Inc. for infringing its "iPhone" trademark, after Apple unveiled a multimedia phone of the same name.
Cisco said it was seeking an injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying its iPhone trademark. Linksys, a division of Cisco, has launched several wireless products with the iPhone name.
On Tuesday, a Cisco spokeswoman had said the two companies had been in discussions, and that it believed that Apple would agree to a final document and public statement concerning the trademark.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apple; cisco; iphone; third
I think Apple has blown it. If Cosco had come out with an iPhone and Apple had the patent for it, htere would be hell to pay. They should respect Cisco's patent on the iPhone... I've always have thought good things of Apple, but this recent action on the part of them basically telling Cisco screw you has changed all that.
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posted on
01/10/2007 6:28:59 PM PST
by
Cinnamon
To: Cinnamon
This has been posted a gazillion times before!!!
Did you do a search on the word "Cisco???"
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posted on
01/10/2007 6:30:10 PM PST
by
paulat
To: Cinnamon
Why can't Apple just call theirs aPhone?
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posted on
01/10/2007 6:30:30 PM PST
by
jdm
To: Cinnamon
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posted on
01/10/2007 6:30:37 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: Cinnamon
Just call it the Sosumi
That should shut them up
To: All
wow there is about 100 posts about this , submitters, please search this site before posting.....oh yeah that's right the search function isnt all that great either.
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posted on
01/10/2007 6:36:45 PM PST
by
Kewlhand`tek
(When you take things in backwards, everything comes out backwards.---Savage)
To: jdm
Because Apple thinks it has a trademark on the letter "i".
TS
Remember, there is no "i" in TEAM.
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posted on
01/10/2007 6:43:48 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: paulat
I guess "i" is the new trendy letter. A few years ago it was "e", e-mail, e-commerce, e-trade, etc.
To: Kewlhand`tek
wow there is about 100 posts about this , submitters, please search this site before posting.....oh yeah that's right the search function isnt all that great either. Just put in "Cisco" (no quotes) and select "Search By Title."
Ain't hard.
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posted on
01/10/2007 7:00:29 PM PST
by
paulat
To: Cinnamon
If Apple wins this I'm going to start marketing the MacPuter.
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posted on
01/10/2007 7:39:56 PM PST
by
DManA
Cisco's trademark is limited to VoIP phones. Probably doesn't impact Apple.
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posted on
01/10/2007 7:40:11 PM PST
by
webboy45
To: jdm
How about the damPhone - ANSWER THE DAMPHONE!!
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posted on
01/10/2007 7:40:47 PM PST
by
DManA
To: Cinnamon
Another suit by Cisco against Apple? That must the the dozenth one today! Thanks for letting us know, Nutmeg!
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posted on
01/10/2007 7:41:08 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: paulat
Just put in "Cisco" (no quotes) and select "Search By Title."
And change the right hand drop-down box to read "order by post time".
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posted on
01/11/2007 10:43:07 AM PST
by
yhwhsman
("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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