“Apple has formally filed to trademark the name ‘iPhone’ with the US Patent and Trademark Office, documents show,” Neo reports for MacNN.
“Although the device has been on sale in the United States since last year, the company still does not technically own the trademark; this is likely due do a legal battle with Cisco, now resolved, over an existing VoIP phone which also bore the iPhone name,” Neo reports. “At present, the companies are allowing each other to share the iPhone moniker.”
Neo reports, “Apple’s new filing asserts priority based on a European application number, and comes with a figure depicting the standard iPhone logo.”
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