iPhone and Apple TV

KillerGremlin · 01-09-2007, 11:19 PM

i really would have to play with that phone before considering buying it. i still like having my phone and my music player as two seperate entities. who knows what the future will hold.

KillerGremlin · 01-10-2007, 11:37 PM

....and in current news, cisco is *surprise!* suing apple for stealing their trademark name...the "iphone"

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/10/D8MIN3LO0.html

GameMaster · 01-11-2007, 03:26 AM

I hope they lose the legal battle. The 'i' prefix has been a part of Apple's marketing ever since the iMac first debuted.

Null · 01-11-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I hope they lose the legal battle. The 'i' prefix has been a part of Apple's marketing ever since the iMac first debuted.

i dont know if they really have that big of a case. apparently theres already many other things with the name iphone anyway. unoriginal name :P

Apple calls the lawsuit 'silly'
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/a...suit-is-silly/

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Oh no they didn't! By now you already know it's on, and the latest round in the iPhone v. iPhone dance-off comes from Apple spokesman Steve Dowling, who was quoted as saying the Cisco lawsuit is "silly" and that several companies are already using the term iPhone for VoIP products. He called Cisco's trademark "tenuous at best" and noted his company was the first to ever use the name for a cellphone. He goes on to boast that Cisco is gonna totally get served: "if Cisco wants to challenge us on it, we're very confident we'll prevail." Oh yeah -- Apple to Cisco: let's see you dance, sucka!

Typhoid · 01-11-2007, 04:16 PM

So if I make something called the "ipod" and release it, apple wont care?
Awesome!
*Gets inventing*

thatmariolover · 01-12-2007, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

So if I make something called the "ipod" and release it, apple wont care?
Awesome!
*Gets inventing*

That's completely different. There were already several products named iPhone that were patented before Cisco's patent was in place. Apple's patent is the first to concern a mobile phone, so they're confident there's nothing Cisco can do without risking a patent battle of their own.