A silly Cisco against Apple?
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Apple might counter the Cisco’s attack easier than expected. According to Jay Behmke, a partner at CMPR who specializes in trademark law, Cisco lost its trademark last year.
“Cisco did not file the Declaration of Use by 11/16/2005, which if they had been using the trademark would seemingly have been easy to do. However, the USPTO gives you an extra six months grace period, if you pay an extra fee. This grace period would have expired 5/16/2006. Cisco filed a Declaration of Use on 5/4/2006 which kept their registration active. Had they not filed, their registration would have been canceled.”
Cisco used the trademark pretext to get both iPhones interoperable. But that might not happen. Meanwhile, Apple keeps doing close source and is looking to hire 33 positions for its iPhone division.
Jan 13, 2007 | By Nuno
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