Cisco
has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against
Apple, Inc, seeking to prevent Apple from infringing upon and deliberately copying and using Cisco's registered iPhone trademark.
Cisco claims it obtained the iPhone trademark in 2000 after completing the acquisition of Infogear, which previously owned the mark and sold iPhone products for several years.
Infogear's original filing for the trademark dates to March 20, 1996. Linksys, a division of Cisco, has been shipping a new family of iPhone products since early last year. On December 18, Linksys expanded the iPhone family with additional products.
‘Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name,’ said Mark Chandler, senior vice president and general counsel, Cisco. ‘There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.
‘Today's iPhone is not tomorrow's iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand,’ Chandler added.
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