Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Trademark 556
lucabrasi999 writes "It appears that Apple may be running out of items that they can prefix with the letter "i". Cisco is suing Apple over trademark infringement. Cisco claims to own the rights to the "iPhone" trademark since they purchased Infogear in 2000. Infogear filed for the rights to the trademark in 1996."
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Don't Worry, It's OK (Score:5, Funny)
obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
iPhowned!
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iPod Phone, Phone iPod, Apple Phone, Granny Smith, Red Delicious...
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Don't think so (Score:5, Funny)
Re:what about these guys? (Score:1, Funny)
Good Idea. (Score:5, Funny)
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Suggested name change (Score:4, Funny)
In other news the Cisco Kid wants his name back. His legal firm Pancho, Pancho and Pancho are filing papers Monday to block Cisco from using his trademarked name.
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PodPhone! (Score:3, Funny)
PhonePod is actually pretty good. Or even better, PodPhone. "Pod" is probably associated with Apple far more than the "i" is, and there are plenty of Apple products without an i in the name.
It's sort of late to change it now, but by no means too late... I can see Jobs selling the new name already: "And we here at Apple are thinking so far into the future, we've decided to drop the "i" that we innovated to the industry in 1998 since we're doing much more than "i" could possibly express. Boom, it's gone. Goodbye "i", welcome LifePod. Look, it's small and shiny!" *Audience hemorrhages from too much excitement*
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Don't you mean to say iPuzzled?
Re:Based on the whole "Apple TV" thing... (Score:2, Funny)
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BHN
(N = Networking)
Re:Good Idea. (Score:5, Funny)
Bravo for a honestly funny post.
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i think that it would be a fair name. it runs OS X, so it's almost a Mac already.
Maybe they could call it something based on the name Newton.
NewtonPhone?
iNewton?
iPhoNewton?
Umm...i think they should just call it the MacPhone.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Pr
Re:Don't think so (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Based on the whole "Apple TV" thing... (Score:4, Funny)
How about the iPod/phone/internet device formerly know as iPhone?
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different markets, for sure. 1 button vs 75 buttons.
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This is what I would do. If they think this is on par with the Macintosh, go with another apple. Good names include Cortland, Pippin, Fugi, Lodi, Ginger Gold, Braeburn, and of course, Ms. Boyd's Special.
Re:Based on the whole "Apple TV" thing... (Score:4, Funny)
Play on the "Pod" part of the word:
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Re:iPhone is a terrible name anyway (Score:3, Funny)
Just saying, is all....
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Re:Good Idea. (Score:4, Funny)
And no, it's not "Other People's Patents".
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Re:Don't Worry, It's OK (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Good Idea. (Score:5, Funny)
And yes, due to a lack of Google at the time, that song confused the hell out of me for years. Guess I'm just not "down" with the culture that's brought us such other gems as "bling"
Oh, of course (Score:2, Funny)
"You see, I really wouldn't think Steve would make a dumb decision like not have the rights nailed down tight before MacWorld .."
Yeah, that would be like, what? Not having the correct date "nailed down" on stock option documents?
:wq
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I very much doubt that. *wipes nose with non-Kleenex-brand-kleenex while walking to the canon all-in-one printer to xerox a form, while listening to music on a non-Sony walkman*
iRouter (Score:3, Funny)
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How about this: (Score:5, Funny)
Fapping Device (Score:2, Funny)
Another funny i-name story (Score:2, Funny)
(oh, and if it's hard to see why it's funny in print, it's because the pronunciation is "eyesore," which probably isn't a very good product name)
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Re:Hello? iMobile (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hello? iMobile (Score:2, Funny)