Cisco files infringement suit against Apple over iPhone – MarketWatch — Here’s a case where Apple gets a taste of its own medicine.
… seeking to prevent Apple from using the iPhone trademark. Cisco said it obtained the iPhone trademark in 2000 after acquiring Infogear. Cisco said Infogear’s original filing for the trademark was on March 20, 1996. “There is no doubt that Apple’s new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission,” said Mark Chandler, Cisco’s senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement.
#54That means, before it is even released, the iPhone is already a bigger loser than the Zune.
Yeah, sure….
Apple can call it “iPhone” in: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, European Union, Singapore, United Kingdom – because they have either been granted the mark, or have applied for it.
http://tinyurl.com/yjtgb8
They can call it something else, in the US – if they have to – but everyone will call it “iPhone” no matter what the official name is.
Cisco tried to use the looming announcement date as leverage against Apple, and lost the bet.
Mr Chandler says it wasn’t about money: “We hoped our products could interoperate in the future.”
You try to force the kings of closed systems into giving you interoperability with their newest gadget, and wonder “why can’t we all just get along”???
Am I supposed to believe Mr Chandler is really that naive???
So the Beatles (or what’s left of them) cannot be mad because mac used their trademark, but mac has all the right to be mad at Cisco. Yeah, I can see the logic in this.