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General => Akihabara => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on January 11, 2007, 06:24:58 AM

Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: 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. (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cisco11jan11,0,5948752.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: JFC on January 11, 2007, 06:53:32 AM
Damn, where's that Shang Tsung pic when you need it? :lol:
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: mysterio 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.
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: ebc 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
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: amuse 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.
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: ebc 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
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: Peacimowen on January 11, 2007, 01:24:23 PM
lol @ ebc

My opinion of Apple has dropped several notches with this article.
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: Tanier 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.
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: leonheartx 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'
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: frblckstr1 on January 12, 2007, 07:09:32 AM
^ already trademarked by 'squatters'
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: pikapikapika 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.
Title: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark
Post by: frblckstr1 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)