Apple, Cisco Settle iPhone Trademark Lawsuit 111
A number of readers let us know that Cisco and Apple have settled the lawsuit over the use of the iPhone name for Apple's new multimedia phone. The agreement allows Apple and Cisco both to use the iPhone brand on their own products. Also, the companies said they would explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, consumer and business communications. Apple still faces a suit over the name in Canada and one over its touch-screen technology in the UK.
Copy or not (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:First move to making it generic? (Score:1, Insightful)
Or is trademark theft only cool when Apple does it?
They call that... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Ripped Off Name Problem Fixed... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Copy or not (Score:2, Insightful)
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Of course Apple doesn't own the letter "i," but it has used "i[Foo]" enough in the past that it's unreasonable to think that another company in the computer/consumer electronics industry could have an exclusive claim to any "i[Foo]" type name. I mean, perhaps you can argue that Apple shouldn't be able to prevent someone else from using such a name (which it's never tried to do anyway), but you can't reasonably argue that someone else should be able to prevent Apple from using that name. I mean, iPhone is just a continuation of the series "iMac," "iBook," "iPod," "iTunes," "iLife," "iWork," "iSync," etc. that Apple started in 1999 (or earlier?). What did Cisco have that was named "i[Foo]" in 1999? Nothing, that's what -- and that's exactly why Apple has a stronger claim to the name "iPhone."