[Ti] [OT?] Macworld keynote

[Dr. Trevor J. Hutley]

On 10 Jan 2007, at 19:29, Timothy D. Naegele wrote:

>> Trevor J. Hutley wrote:
>>
>> since CISCO launched THEIR iPhone some weeks ago - and seem to have
>> rights to the name - I was indeed surprised to find that Apple have a
>> product with the name iPhone.
>> Do they have a name-sharing agreement, or what ?  Maybe some of the
>> legal guys on the list have a view?
>
> According to a quote from Cisco in the Wall Street Journal:
>
> "[It] is our belief that with their announcement today Apple intends
> to agree to the final document and public statement," Cisco said in a
> statement. Cisco said it distributed the documents to Apple on Monday
> and expects to receive a signed agreement today."
>
> See http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/01/09/apple-cisco-reach-deal-over- 
> iphone-or-have-they
>
> Presumably it is a done-deal legally by now.

Tim - it seems not !!! 	 I just read this -

> Cisco files infringement suit against Apple over iPhone			Jan 10, 2007
>
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Cisco Systems Inc. late Wednesday  
> said it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for  
> the Northern District of California against Apple Inc. seeking to  
> prevent Apple from using the iPhone trademark. Cisco said it  
> obtained the iPhone trademark in 2000 after acquiring Infogear.  
> Cisco said Infogear's original filing for the trademark was on  
> March 20, 1996. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very  
> exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our  
> permission," said Mark Chandler, Cisco's senior vice president and  
> general counsel, in a statement.

Completely puzzling to me, still.......

Trevor