"Bucky" <uw_badgers@email.com> wrote in message
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> Kurt wrote:
>> No negotiated agreement
>
> You're right, the latest news is saying that Cisco is suing Apple. I
> posted that based on Cisco's statement yesterday that they assumed that
> Apple was accepting Cisco's latest offer. I didn't think that Apple
> would be insane enough to release a product using another company's
> registered trademark dating back to 1996. How can Apple possibly win
> this? Although I'm not a fan of the name "iPhone" anyways, so I'd be
> glad if they came up with something else.
>

Not so insane...

Cisco's claimed Patent and Trademarks are for IP based phone service that
will deliver voice, data, music, services etc. to independent hanheld
devices using interconnected computer networks (the internet). The Apple
iPhone is a GSM 'Cellular' phone.

With the proper attorney's (which I am sure Apple has) and the rules
regarding what a patent and trademark cover, they actually stand a good
chance of winning this.