Apple versus Cisco iPhone trademark dispute

Cisco lost iPhone trademark last year (probably)

If you're following the Cisco v. Apple drama you'll be interested in this. As reported in Ed Burnette's excellent Software, gadgets and games blog Cisco may have lost the iPhone trademark when it was apparently abandoned in late 2005/early 2006 because ... more



Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts say
An investigation into the ongoing trademark dispute between Cisco and Apple over the name "iPhone" appears to show that Cisco does not own the mark as claimed in their recent lawsuit. This is based on publicly available information from the US Patent and Trademark office, as well as public reviews of Cisco products over the ... more



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Apple, Cisco gird for battle over iPhone Trademark dispute leads to lawsuit between Silicon Valley titans

Ellen Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, January 12, 2007

Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs made a daring, calculated move when he strode onto the stage Tuesday to introduce the iPhone.
Just a week before, the Cupertino technology company's attorneys had been negotiating with their counterparts at Cisco Systems to secure the right to the iPhone trademark, which Cisco has held since June 2000 and uses on the mobile and cordless Internet phones it introduced last month.
The two companies had held on-and-off discussions over the name since 2001, when Apple approached the San Jose more

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