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Jan 11, 2007 | 5:32 am

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Originally Posted by Gargoyle

Cisco has filed a trademark infringement suit against Apple. Looks like Cisco has owned the iPhone name since 2000; the name was patented in 1999. Apple has been trying to buy or license it since 2001, but Cisco has use of the name so they've kept it.

Apple did an end-run around the law, filing trademark applications in Trinidad and Tobago and then in Australia. Cisco charges "willful and malicious violation of Cisco’s trademark rights, aimed at preventing Cisco from continuing to build a business around a markthat it has long possessed".

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4267&tag=nl.e589

Apple pulled a fast one on Apple Music on that trademark, but I have a feeling they'll get their clock cleaned on this one.

I like this clause- it won't happen, but it sounds good:

Methinks Apple has no intention of using the iPhone name on production packaging. That doesn't matter though. Apple can call it anything they want but the public will continue to call it iPhone and those who fall into the Apple demographic will buy (I'm betting some variation of iPod naming).

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