Comments on: Cisco Lawyer is blogging about the Apple Lawsuit

By: thebog

thebog — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:03:26 +0000

So many posts of how Apple is wronging Cisco, Cicso wronging Apple… what would you say if you knew Cicso actually “lost” the patent for “non-use”?

The following is a quote from an Ed Burnette column at ZDNet…

“The Cisco iPhone trademark was registered 11/16/1999 (Reg. No. 2293011). In order to keep a trademark registration active, you have to file a Declaration of Use on or before the sixth anniversary of the registration date, in which you state, under penalty of perjury, that you have been using the trademark continuously during that period. The sixth anniversary would have been 11/16/2005.”

Apple probaly gave Cicso a chance to be reasonable, and walked out because they wanted too much – knowing Cisco had missed the “phone” on the trademark…

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=236

By: Wall Street Select » Cisco owns the iPhone trademark

Wall Street Select » Cisco owns the iPhone trademark — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:16:43 +0000

[...] Here is Apple’s response to the Cisco trademark infringement action: “It’s silly. We’re the first company to use the iPhone name for a cell phone” There is a lot of discussion from bloggers about the iPhone trademark today. Paul Mooney: WHO’S YOUR DADDY STEVE JOBS? Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: Breaking: Apple Sued over iPhone Ian Douglas / Telegraph Blogs: Apple in a legal stew Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Apple picks wrong fight with Cisco; misfires on iPhone trademark Paul Miller / Engadget Mobile: Cisco SVP Mark Chandler weighs in on iPhone debacle Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Cisco’s General Counsel blogs about the iPhone suit Apple Gazette: Cisco Lawyer is blogging about the Apple Lawsuit Paul Miller / Engadget: Cisco sues Apple for trademark infringement: ruh roh! Jason D. O’Grady / The Apple Core: Cisco blogs about the iPhone suit Allen Stern / CenterNetworks: Grudgematch: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark Tknuewer / Indiskretion Ehrensache: Apple vs. Cisco = Muster für Nachrichten in Weblogs Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: Cisco Comments on Apple-Suit Blogstorm Geeknews / Geek News Central: How’s it Feel Apple to be Sued for Trademark Infringement John Koetsier / Sparkplug 9 >> bizhack: why apple left cisco at the altar 10jan07 Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: Cisco smacks back at Apple on its blog Dragos / @rgumente: Cisco versus Apple Joe Duck: Cisco to Apple – leggo of my iPhone! [...]

By: Cisco Sues Apple Over “iPhone” Trademark at The Blog Herald

Cisco Sues Apple Over “iPhone” Trademark at The Blog Herald — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:56:43 +0000

[...] I do agree with some observers that there is a publicity aspect to this news, and it might be viewed as deliberate on the part of either side (look how popular the term “iPhone” is today). For one, Steve Jobs is more marketing maven than tech genius, and is known to act deliberately (oh yes, apparently he’s also stubborn and unrelenting). And Cisco, an undeniably more massive company than Apple, seems to be playing the underdog. [...]