Cisco files suit against Apple over iPhone trademark

Source: voipcentral.org

Cisco Systems has filed a lawsuit against Apple in Federal court claming Cisco owns the iPhone trademark. Apple displayed the much talked Apple iPhone at the MacWorld trade show in San Francisco and announced its official launch in June this year. However, the lawsuit says Apple has no right to use the neame iPhone.

Cisco says it has held the trademark on the name iPhone since 2000 when it acquired InfoGear Technology Co. InfoGear has originally registered the name.

Linksys, Ciscos division applied the trademark to develop an IP phone called iPhone just three week ago for VoIP calls.

However, an Apple spokesperson Natalie Kerris termed the suit silly saying a number of companies are using the name iPhone for VoIP products.