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iPhone Lawsuit Put On Hold For The Moment

Posted by Zonk on from the show's-over-folks-go-on-home dept.

SoulReaverDan writes "The recent lawsuit between Cisco and Apple on the iPhone trademark has taken an interesting turn. Cisco and Apple have agreed to a temporary truce, to allow Apple time to respond to the lawsuit (and, one assumes, avoid more legal fees). The article goes on to mention Apple's claim that several companies are using the iPhone name, which dovetails nicely with a great blog entry over on ZDNet. Alan Graham lays out a search of various websites, showing that not only is Cisco not the only one using the iPhone name, they're trying to use it just a little too hard. The image of the CIT300 (note this is NOT the CIT400 that Cisco is suing Apple for at all) on Amazon has the iPhone logo, but it lacks the logo on the Linksys website or on CDW's website."

6 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. Enough Already by Scorchmon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just go ahead and change the name to the Apple Phone from The New AT&T formerly the iPhone from Cingular formerly the old AT&T.

  2. What I want to know is... by Zeek40 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When did Billy Corgan gain weight, change his name to Alan Graham and start writing a tech column?

  3. *rimshot* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Good call. I don't see what the hangup is anyway. Are they finally starting to get dialed in to their customers' needs?

  4. Re:Oh. My. God. by vertinox · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to buy an iPhone when it comes out, just so I can smash it to a million bits.

    Which one?

    --
    "I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
    -Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
  5. Re:Cisco iPhone name by Nutty_Irishman · · Score: 2, Funny
    I think the Onion said it best:

    "If they're not careful, [apple will] run into the same trouble with their upcoming computer model, the iBM."
  6. iHave One by argent · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a Cisco phone sitting right here.

    Says it right on the faceplate. Cisco IP Phone.

    Whoops. Too many letters. Nevermind. :)