The deadline for a settlement between Cisco and Apple was so supposed to be end of business today. However, according to Yahoo News, Cisco said late this evening that it has given Apple nearly another week to respond to its trademark infringement lawsuit.
So in a nutshell, Apple has called the lawsuit “silly†and adamantly argued that it’s got every right to use the iPhone name because the iPhone works over cellular network, whereas the Cisco’s iPhone operates of the Internet using Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. And yes, Cisco does rightfully own the trademark back in 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.
