Cisco and Apple today announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the “iPhone” trademark. Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products throughout the world. Both companies acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark. In addition, Cisco and Apple will explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, and consumer and enterprise communications. Other terms of the agreement are confidential.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/02/21iphone.html
MacDailyNews Take: Like we said: a non-story. Cisco and Apple wrung the last drop of free publicity from this one weeks ago. So, drop the ol’ “iPhone name dispute” off your talking points lists, FUDmeisters.
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I can’t wait for the Phune. The $64 question is will it come in brown?
MacMobile is a better name than iPhone.
A phone is only one part of this new mobile platform. A part that some people don’t even want, thanks to it being Cingular/AT&T specific.
A scalable platform: MacMobile –> MacBook –> MacPro
There going to call it what it is the iPhone. Cisco and Apple in the agreement will both use the name freely.
So there’s going to be two iPhones out there?
Sounds kind of stupid to me. Why would Apple want to do that?
What’s next… Apple will allows others to use the name iPod for their MP3 players?
I predict that there won’t be two iPhones for long. The Apple iPhone will be so popular that it will ruin the name for other Wi-Fi phone products.
TowerTone said: “I heard Cisco decided to call their’s MiPhone”
That would be a problem:
http://www.miphone.com/
Rock on Steve!
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“explore opportunities for interoperability”
Translation: Talking about this is about all that will happen.
The milking is done. The free buzz has been gathered. Cisco has retained its rights to use the property it bought and Apple has obtained the rights to use a name most of Cisco thought Apple already owned. Costs for each: less than the cost of the advertising would have been – and who believes it was all ads? A few thousand hard-core cynics (Hi, friends.).
DLMeyer – the Voice of G.L.Horton’s Stage Page
Toby, word is that Cicso sat on the trademark too long and it actually expired. Apple was next in line with an application. Apple knew this so that Cisco didn’t actually stand a chance.
– gws