Simply slapping a sticker with “iPhone†on it doesn’t necessarily mean that Cisco is rightfully using the mark in commerce. Which is what the company allegedly did, a few days prior to 5/16/2006 – a full six months after the deadline for filing the Declaration of Use. Cisco was very fortunate for the six months grace period granted by the USPTO.
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iPhone trademark: Use it or lose it
Simply slapping a sticker with “iPhone†on it doesn’t necessarily mean that Cisco is rightfully using the mark in commerce. Which is what the company allegedly did, a few days prior to 5/16/2006 – a full six months after the deadline for filing the Declaration of Use. Cisco was very fortunate for the six months grace period granted by the USPTO.
Cisco was required to file a copy of ... continued »
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iPhone trademark - did they really think this would be easy?
Like any unnatural high, after the thrill comes the aching come-down. And there was no high quite like Apple's announcement of the iPhone, laced with anticipation and cut with bodily thrills (some attendees at Macworld 2007 reported light-headedness and sweatiness of the protrusions); who would've suspected that the subsequent downer would arrive so soon?
Already coming in for some minor stick over the absence of 3G, non-user-replaceable battery, lack of ... continued »
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Cisco vs. Apple Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition Complaint
Below is the complaint filed by Cisco over Apple's use of the iPhone mark:
COMPLAINT FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, UNFAIR COMPETITION, FALSE DESCRIPTION, AND INJURY TO BUSINESS REPUTATION; CASE NO.FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLP
Michael A. Kahn (SB# 057432, mkahn@flk.com)
Gregory D. Call (SB# 120483, gcall@flk.com)
Michael F. Kelleher (SB# 165493, mkelleher@flk.com)
Beatrice B. Nguyen (SB# 172961, bnguyen@flk.com)
Embarcadero Center West
275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 986-2800
Facsimile: (415) 986-2827
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., CISCO ... continued »
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The Apple “Mobile Me” Trademarks Got Suspended
First, Cisco pulls the rug out from under us by launching the iPhone, and now all four of Apple’s trademark for “Mobile Me†gotsuspended on December 13, 2006.
Jason O’Grady of PowerPage.org was definitely right on, when he told me last night that the Mobile Me trademark were decoys.
2006-12-13 - Letter of suspension mailed
2006-12-12 - Suspension Letter Written
2006-11-28 - Teas/Email Correspondence Entered
2006-11-27 - Communication received from ... continued »
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