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Apple, Cisco Settle iPhone Trademark Lawsuit

Posted by kdawson on from the you-phone-we-all-phone dept.

A number of readers let us know that Cisco and Apple have settled the lawsuit over the use of the iPhone name for Apple's new multimedia phone. The agreement allows Apple and Cisco both to use the iPhone brand on their own products. Also, the companies said they would explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, consumer and business communications. Apple still faces a suit over the name in Canada and one over its touch-screen technology in the UK.

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  1. Re:Come again? by Andrewm1986 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The patent is about using conductivity to sense when a finger is touching the screen. So it is a specific type of touch screen