[IP] more on Cisco Sues Apple for IPhone Trademark Infringement (U

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Date: January 10, 2007 6:38:17 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: lauren@vortex.com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Cisco Sues Apple for IPhone Trademark  
Infringement (U


Dave,

I particular like this part:

>       Phil Schiller, Apple's head of worldwide product marketing,
> said yesterday that this was the first use of the name as a cell
> phone, whereas Cisco's device is a cordless phone.

Let's see now, the Apple claim appears to be that there's no
trademark infringement since the two devices use different protocols
and frequencies, even though they're both clearly wireless phones.

So I assume that this logic could also apply to allow for overlapping
trademarks based on whether a phone is GSM, or CDMA, or WCDMA, or ...

Talk about splitting hairs.  Gotta love those lawyers!

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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