Cisco sues Apple

January 10, 2007
Just one day after the Apple iPhone was announced, Cisco announced it was suing Apple over trademark infringment. Apparently, they were under negotiations, but they fell though. David Berlind at ZDNet has more.

Any name ideas? I was thinking aPhone for Apple Phone, especially now that Apple is now simply Apple, Inc. instead of Apple Computers.

Too bad www.aphone.com is taken already, ironically by a website promoting Cingular service - the exclusive provider of the new iPhone.. err I mean aPhone or soon-to-be-renamed Apple phone thingy or the "phone formerly known as iPhone".
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  1. Randy Savicky :
    January 11, 2007 10:02 AM

    Wot a surprise!


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