Apple and Cisco iPhone Trademark Negotiations Ongoing

im not worried, apple will work this out.
cisco was just frustrated cause apple sprung the announcement on them...?

I still can't work out why this is such an issue for Apple, :apple: Phone sounds better.

cisco was just frustrated cause apple sprung the announcement on them...?

Exactly, as if they didn't know what Apple was going to announce at MacWorld.

Hmmm, let's see, Apple received a tremendous amount of free media time when introducing the iPhone .....short while later got a huge amount of free media time when Cisco announced the lawsuit ....and now they are back at the negotiating table ....hmmmm (Apple wins)

Calling all trademark lawyers...

Can Apple still get sued if they call it the :apple: iPhone? Or can "iPhone" not be used at all?

I figured this would end up resolved outside of court. Apple is going to want the name finalized one way or another before June. If they can't settle with Cisco quickly, it's in their best interest to change the name as soon as possible.

Calling all trademark lawyers...

Can Apple still get sued if they call it the :apple: iPhone? Or can "iPhone" not be used at all?

i'm no trademark lawyer, but if apple loses this lawsuit (which is not likely), apple cannot use :apple: iphone or anything with iphone in there... or anything resemble iphone

I have been calling it the apple phone since it was released, not sure why... I guess I like the sound of it better... but as people have said both in this thread and previous ones. This is win/win for apple... free press from the release, free press from the lawsuit, more free press saying that talks are back on again, then a couple weeks (or months) from now when it is settled more press relating to the settlement.. and finally, if they have to rename it, they wait a week or two until the stories die down, then announce the official name for (you guessed it) more free press.

Maybe just extend the "i" down to a "j" - j for jobs
Or maybe sphone, s for Steve:D

It's nice to see Apple and Cisco playing nice together. Of course, Cisco's lawsuit bought both companies publicity, so I doubt there were many hard feelings to begin with on either side.

I think it was a clever move by Apple to launch iPhone and :apple: TV together - because it says loud and clear to Cisco: either you do a deal with us over the iPhone name or we just call it :apple: Phone in a blaze of publicity which neatly overcomes the fact that it's been rumored as the former for years which we couldn't do anything about anyway.

Apple were never gonna hold up the launch date for anyone. Clever and bold!