Comments on: iPhone trademark – did they really think this would be easy?

By: Branda Tosch

Branda Tosch — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:29:51 +0000

agrmarcasepatentes Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games

By: Legal Eye

Legal Eye — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:47:14 +0000

You are in a lose-lose situation, my friend. One: Cisco wins, Apple changes the name of their phone, and your domain name now refers to Cisco’s product; or two, Apple wins, and Apple legal makes you change your domain name.

Which side are you rooting for?

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:38:45 +0000

It’s too late for Cisco. Time Magazine, The NYT, The WSJ, USA Today, scores of other publications, and hundreds of bloggers have been calling the Apple product the iPhone for years, and Cisco never tried to stop them. No way can Cisco NOW claim that the Apple iPhone will cause confusion in the marketplace.
Ask anybody who makes the iPhone, and most will say Apple, and you would have gotten the same answer last month

By: Vincent Nguyen

Vincent Nguyen — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:21:23 +0000

Cisco doesn’t have a choice. They must make every effort in the eyes of the trademark law to protect the mark – otherwise they will lose it. “Use it or lose it” situation. I don’t think Cisco is doing it for publicity or to milk Apple – but simply to protect the mark.

By: Panamajack

Panamajack — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:15:03 +0000

Given Apple’s ownership for the worldwide use of iPhone, this seems like a rather shortsited attempt at Cisco to gain publicity .