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Cisco Suing Apple For iPhone Trademark Infringement
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Cisco Systems had the name, Apple wanted it. Started negotiations which would have been ages ago. Cisco went ahead and launched their VOIP phones named iPhones and a range of them all. Apple annoyed and kept negotiating. Used the name before really allowed to (cheeky devils). Getting sued. Cisco holds name. Asks for more money (cheeky devils) Apple over a barrell like the gimp out of pulp fiction. Pay the money or change the name. Unless cisco sells name legally Apple do not have a leg to stand on does not matter how much money apple has. Its all very predictable. I think the lawsuit is just cisco being difficult to get more money because they probably did not do research into how much it would cost to rebrand all there VOIP phones.
Cisco Systems had the name, Apple wanted it. Started negotiations which would have been ages ago. Cisco went ahead and launched their VOIP phones named iPhones and a range of them all. Apple annoyed and kept negotiating. Used the name before really allowed to (cheeky devils). Getting sued. Cisco holds name. Asks for more money (cheeky devils) Apple over a barrell like the gimp out of pulp fiction. Pay the money or change the name. Unless cisco sells name legally Apple do not have a leg to stand on does not matter how much money apple has. Its all very predictable. I think the lawsuit is just cisco being difficult to get more money because they probably did not do research into how much it would cost to rebrand all there VOIP phones.
do you really think Apple, a multi-billion dollar company, didn't conduct a serious amount of forethought and planning and legal effort and preparation before launching a new, revolutionary product?
seriously? are you kidding? you actually think Apple is going "whoops"?
good grief.
seriously? are you kidding? you actually think Apple is going "whoops"?
good grief.
Cisco had the name waaaay before Apple was even thinking about iPhone - so how it is a cheap knockoff?!!!
Cisco have every right to use 'iPhone'.
Cisco have every right to use 'iPhone'.
so far, looks like it. Im not that confident that apple will never make mistakes.
This is probably what has happened:
SNIP<<cleverly argued conspiracy theory>>SNIP
Apple: Hi! You guys suck! Give us the iPhone name!
Cisco: Huh? I thought you guys wanted to negotate in good faith?
Apple: Did your mommy dress you this morning?
Cisco: Whats going on here? Why are you being like this?
Apple: Give us the iPhone name you unkempt malcontents!!
Cisco: See you in court.
Apple:
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Totally. Hilarious.
I hope this is more or less what happened and they planned this all along and get more hype because of it. In the end please name the thing ApplePhone (with the Apple logo like AppleTV) or even better, iPod phone. Surely "iPhone" was Apple's codename for this just like "iTV"...why not change it before the launch but milk it for a little free "bad press" along the way?
I'm still buying one on Day #1 even if they name it iGetABrainTumorUsingThisSickThing
Sorry I can't post a link because it will time out. But do a search on the Trademark of the name and the patten. THe trademark comes right up. The patten has 33 to go through.
So? Cisco still had the trademark FIRST!!!
Stop dreaming! Apple are stuffed unless they buy the iPhone trademark or come to some other agreement.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc20061218_465203.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_today's+top+stories
"Cisco has owned the trademark on the iPhone brand since 2000, when it acquired Infogear—which had registered the name in 1996"
Stop dreaming! Apple are stuffed unless they buy the iPhone trademark or come to some other agreement.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc20061218_465203.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_today's+top+stories
"Cisco has owned the trademark on the iPhone brand since 2000, when it acquired Infogear—which had registered the name in 1996"
LOL, seriously, i think its time for apple to drop this "i" thing, its becoming more and more abused everywhere. not unique anymore.
whats the point
There is no point the publicity is not positive anyway you look at it. It has put a cloud over the announcment of the product. I genuinely believe apple made a mistake this time.
There is no point the publicity is not positive anyway you look at it. It has put a cloud over the announcment of the product. I genuinely believe apple made a mistake this time.
Given past experience, they'd probably rename it BHRC: ButtHead Router Company.Apple could always rename the iPhone as the Cisco
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The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine. But, I drew the line at Lash LaRue.
I'll bet nobody here knows who he was. No fair Googling.
Yes but if you do not protect your trademark you loose it. Thats why Kleenex makes others call their products "tissue". I would wager that a court would say Cisco did not do all it could to stop the general public from identifying their trademark with a general term for a name.
They ARE protecting it by suing Apple ASAP.
Apart from the patent entries ( apparently ), iPhone was associated to Apple by rumours mostly... rumours are vapour.
Here:
http://www.uspto.gov/main/profiles/acadres.htm
then click on the search trademarks on the top of the red area (right side). Type iPhone in the search box
this might expire but here is a direct link http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfiel...h&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query
Its a little late for that. The general public already called Apples phone the iPhone. If they were serious about protecting it they would have told just about everyone to stop using it as a term for Apples phone years ago.
Funny how history repeats itself. Same thing happened way back to the original "Macintosh" in 1984.