Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name
By Brandon Dawson on Jan 10, 2007 in Apple, Business, Technology
There’s a Silicon Valley catfight brewing over the rights to the iPhone name.
On one side, Cisco Systems, whose Linksys division released a net-enabled phone dubbed iPhone just three weeks ago.
On the other, Steve Jobs and Apple, who seem to be acting quite deliberately, given that they had tried to secure legitimate and exclusive rights to the name.
The facts, as presented in this article, point powerfully toward an actionable case for Cisco.
My money’s on Jobs. He knew precisely what he was doing, and he must have some kind of plan in motion.
More than that, the man’s stared down more lawsuits than Johnny Cochran. I don’t think he’s real worried about this.
