Cisco, Claiming Ownership of ‘iPhone,’ Sues Apple

Just a day after acknowledging that they had been discussing rights to the iPhone trademark with Apple “extensively” in recent weeks, Cisco Systems, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in United States District Court against Apple, claiming rights to the iPhone brand. The New York Times reports.

"Cisco recently introduced a WiFi-based phone with the same name. On Wednesday Cisco went to court to stop Apple, and its lawyer said the two companies had been unable to reach an agreement over several “principles” that Cisco had been demanding to permit Apple to use the trademark."

Related:

-- Cisco Sues Apple Over “iPhone” Usage; Willing To Share Name If Phone Is Interoperable (mocoNews.net)

-- Cisco SVP Mark Chandler weighs in on iPhone debacle" (Engadget)

-- Cisco Sues Apple for Trademark Infringement (News room Cisco) via Techmeme

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