By Ellen Sheng
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) may have beaten Apple
Computer Inc. (AAPL) to the iPhone name, but it seems Apple will gain the
rights to the trademark, after all.
Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, announced earlier Tuesday that the
company's long-anticipated phone product will be called iPhone. The name is
familiar to those who remember that Cisco unveiled a line of Internet-based
phone devices called iPhone just last month. Cisco said it has been in talks
with Apple about the trademark and expects a signed agreement later Tuesday.
"Given Apple's numerous requests for permission to use Cisco's iPhone
trademark over the past several years, and our extensive discussions with them
recently, it is our belief that with their announcement today Apple intends to
agree to the final document and public statement," the company said in a
statement Tuesday. Cisco said it distributed the documents to Apple on Monday
night and expects to receive a signed agreement.
Speculation about Apple's phone product has swirled for months, and it has
long been assumed that Apple would name its product "iPhone." Apple has a long
line of products starting with "i" such as iPod, iTunes, iCal, iPhoto and so
forth. The company filed for the iPhone trademark in Australia and Singapore
but didn't have the trademark in the U.S. Cisco's patent on the iPhone name
dates back to 1996, when the name was owned by Infogear, a tech firm Cisco
acquired in 2000.
An Apple spokesman could not be immediately reached to comment.
-By Ellen Sheng, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5863; ellen.sheng@dowjones.com
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Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) may have beaten Apple
Computer Inc. (AAPL) to the iPhone name, but it seems Apple will gain the
rights to the trademark, after all.
Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, announced earlier Tuesday that the
company's long-anticipated phone product will be called iPhone. The name is
familiar to those who remember that Cisco unveiled a line of Internet-based
phone devices called iPhone just last month. Cisco said it has been in talks
with Apple about the trademark and expects a signed agreement later Tuesday.
"Given Apple's numerous requests for permission to use Cisco's iPhone
trademark over the past several years, and our extensive discussions with them
recently, it is our belief that with their announcement today Apple intends to
agree to the final document and public statement," the company said in a
statement Tuesday. Cisco said it distributed the documents to Apple on Monday
night and expects to receive a signed agreement.
Speculation about Apple's phone product has swirled for months, and it has
long been assumed that Apple would name its product "iPhone." Apple has a long
line of products starting with "i" such as iPod, iTunes, iCal, iPhoto and so
forth. The company filed for the iPhone trademark in Australia and Singapore
but didn't have the trademark in the U.S. Cisco's patent on the iPhone name
dates back to 1996, when the name was owned by Infogear, a tech firm Cisco
acquired in 2000.
An Apple spokesman could not be immediately reached to comment.
-By Ellen Sheng, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5863; ellen.sheng@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
01-09-07 1403ET
Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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