Cisco to sue Apple on iPhone name

allix · Post by **allix** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:54 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6250511.stm

Are apple that naive and think they can get away with it?

KStorm · Post by **KStorm** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:02 pm

"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."

We shall see.

allix · Post by **allix** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:26 pm

KStorm wrote:"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."

We shall see.

They have got way too big, its ridiculous thing to do, even microsoft are not that greedy for buisness that there use a name before a agreement.

schotty · Post by **schotty** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:32 pm

I see it as Cisco copying Apple. Apple gets pissed. Cisco beats them to the trademark. Apple flips Cisco off.

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:56 am

schotty wrote:I see it as Cisco copying Apple. Apple gets pissed. Cisco beats them to the trademark. Apple flips Cisco off.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure apple could put that spin on it and come out ahead. Apple was definitely marketing i[insert name] here way before cisco. You never know, though - cisco isn't a pushover by any means.

chuck · Post by **chuck** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:01 am

Snarkout wrote:
schotty wrote:I see it as Cisco copying Apple. Apple gets pissed. Cisco beats them to the trademark. Apple flips Cisco off.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure apple could put that spin on it and come out ahead. Apple was definitely marketing i[insert name] here way before cisco. You never know, though - cisco isn't a pushover by any means.

If memory serves the company that came up with the iPhone name did so back in '96 and Cicso owns the name via acquisitions.

sweetnsourbkr · Post by **sweetnsourbkr** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:46 am

allix wrote: They have got way too big, its ridiculous thing to do, even microsoft are not that greedy for buisness that there use a name before a agreement.

It's a well known fact that Apple will use intellectual property without the consent of the owners. Just ask the guys at the Linux Action Show. At least if this was Microsoft, they would have bought Cisco out before using their trademark.

sweetnsourbkr · Post by **sweetnsourbkr** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:31 pm

More dirt:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/11 ... voicemail/