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The Apple iPhone
Mnementh:
Possibly no:
--- Quote ---An investigation into the ongoing trademark dispute between Cisco and Apple over the name "iPhone" appears to show that Cisco does not own the mark as claimed in their recent lawsuit. This is based on publicly available information from the US Patent and Trademark office, as well as public reviews of Cisco products over the past year. The trademark was apparently abandoned in late 2005/early 2006 because Cisco was not using it.
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Something similar applies in Europe, were a request was filed to strip cisco of ownership based on lack of use earlier in the day they launched their iPhone. It may wind up being the case that not only does cisco no longer own the rights, but that their last ditch attempt retain control was an attempt to extort from Apple.
This is going to be a very interesting case to follow.
8ilbo:
Interesting article....
I don't like Cisco, because they build the Great Firewall of China, though that is nothing to base this on. I also don't like Apple's general use of interoperability, though they are getting better. I don't really trust either - if Cisco are into really branding themselves more in the home its reasonable they'd want to defend their 'names', even though it was Apple that made the letter 'i' famous. Thats kinda playing off someone elses popularity, which isn't a good thing most of the time.
I don't know how similar this is to the Apple vs Apple case (something I never understood is why it took Apple records so long to notice that Apple computers were in the music industry :roll:) but I shall try and follow this one a little more closely.
kallisti:
--- Quote from: Daniel on 10 Jan 2007, 01:18 ---Also, yeah, I shot my load.
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This was precisely my reaction, in my head. Sadly I lack the plumbing for a proper physical manifestation thereof. The female equivalent just lacks the power to equal the sentiment.
mberan42:
You squirted your vag.
Hmm, yeah, you're right. Doesn't equal the sentiment.
kallisti:
It's just not as... forceful.
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