1999
Dec 14: Apple acquires the domain name www.iphone.org, which to this day directs visitors to the main corporate page.

2000
Cisco obtained the iPhone trademark in 2000 after buying InfoGear. InfoGear had been granted the trademark in 1996.

2006
December
Cisco’s Linksys division launched a family of “iPhone” devices.

2007
January  9
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils iPhone at the company’s annual Macworld expo.

2007
January 10
Cisco sues Apple over over the “iPhone” trademark.

2007 

 February 1
Cisco Systems is giving Apple until February 15 to respond to a lawsuit over the trademark to the name “iPhone”.

2007 

February  Cisco attacks Apple with Full page iPhone advertisement in New York Times.

Cisco senior vice president and general counsel Mark Chandler told the Mercury News that Cisco’s trademark registration on the iPhone brand is “very broad” and covers a “wide range” of products.

iPhone was the rumored name for Apple’s cell phone effort for years. The company, with a stable of other “i” products — from the iMac to the iPod to its iLife software — registered the iPhone.org domain name back in 1999.

Personally, Apple iPhone as a product from apple is more acceptable and easy to be recongnized.

Which side are you for?

Posted on February 5th, 2007 by admin
Filed under: iPhone News