Friday 12 January 2007

Apple, Cisco gird for battle over iPhone Trademark dispute leads to lawsuit between Silicon Valley titans

Ellen Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, January 12, 2007

Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs made a daring, calculated move when he strode onto the stage Tuesday to introduce the iPhone.
Just a week before, the Cupertino technology company's attorneys had been negotiating with their counterparts at Cisco Systems to secure the right to the iPhone trademark, which Cisco has held since June 2000 and uses on the mobile and cordless Internet phones it introduced last month.
The two companies had held on-and-off discussions over the name since 2001, when Apple approached the San Jose more

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