Author Topic: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark (Read 3604 times)

Foxy Brown · « **on:** January 11, 2007, 06:24:58 AM »

A day after Apple Inc. baptized its eagerly anticipated cell phone with the marketing slogan "we need to talk," Cisco Systems Inc. filed a trademark lawsuit Wednesday pointing out that it has owned the iPhone name since 2000.

JFC · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2007, 06:53:32 AM »

Damn, where's that Shang Tsung pic when you need it?

mysterio · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2007, 06:58:44 AM »

Intellectual property suits are messy. But Apple will probably assume that it will win, based on the Apple exec's comment.

ebc · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2007, 07:00:49 AM »

lol, you know it was the first thing me and my friend thought of when we read about the apple iphone, we just said to each other hey isn't iphone owned by cisco? then we just thought that apple must have bought the name or something cause how could you be so dumb to go taking the name of such an already popular device. anyway. sucked in apple, lol
It's kinda like calling your new operating system Windows

amuse · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:01:02 AM »

They were negotiating an agreement to allow Apple to use the iPhone name but Apple never signed the final agreement paper. Cisco has no choice but to sue to protect their trademark. Apple's response was that they will fight in court to use the name but I doubt they'll win. Chances are Apple will change iPhone to something stupid like... ApplePhone, just like how they changed iTV to AppleTV.

ebc · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:07:54 AM »

they should call it Yui-chan

I think I would be interested in something named Yui-chan for no paricular reason

Peacimowen · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2007, 01:24:23 PM »

lol @ ebc

My opinion of Apple has dropped several notches with this article.

Tanier · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2007, 03:09:42 PM »

Quote from: ebc;280081

they should call it Yui-chan

I think I would be interested in something named Yui-chan for no paricular reason

i'm not really a yui fan but that sounds like a cool idea lol i'm all for it.

leonheartx · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2007, 03:37:44 AM »

why dont they just change it to iFone
everybody knows cool people spell phone with an 'f'

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2007, 07:09:32 AM »

^ already trademarked by 'squatters'

pikapikapika · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2007, 10:41:46 AM »

lol, it's not the only thing.

There's "Apple Records" that the Beatles own, which I think Apple lost in the end, plus there's the ipod copying the same control system that the creative Zen uses, I don't know who one that one.

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 12, 2007, 12:13:40 PM »

Quote from: pikapikapika;281019

lol, it's not the only thing.

There's "Apple Records" that the Beatles own, which I think Apple lost in the end, plus there's the ipod copying the same control system that the creative Zen uses, I don't know who one that one.

Apple didn't lose the Beatles thingy, they have an agreement not to go into Music (think that is only 'producing music' otherwise how to explain iPos/iTunes).

They have an agreement with Creative now (e.g. they 'paid' Creative although I think the Apple fanboys will not see it that way)