Cisco says “Not in My House”
The inevitable has occurred. Cisco has sued Apple for using the name “iPhone”.
Robert Scoble posted two great links:
A juicy quote from the Cisco blog:
“For the last few weeks, we have been in serious discussions with Apple over how the two companies could work together and share the iPhone trademark. We genuinely believed that we were going to be able to reach an agreement and Apple’s communications with us suggested they supported that goal. We negotiated in good faith with every intention to reach a reasonable agreement with Apple by which we would share the iPhone brand.
So, I was surprised and disappointed when Apple decided to go ahead and announce their new product with our trademarked name without reaching an agreement. It was essentially the equivalent of “we’re too busy.”
This is a very interesting case. I’m genuinely interested in hearing Apple’s rebuttal. Seriously, isn’t it very intriguing? Why oh why would Apple do such a thing? To reaffirm their authority? They’ve already been slapped with stock backdating troubles, what’s the logic for adding to the burden?
What do you think?
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January 12th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Just heard that Apple isn’t allowing third-party developers to put software onto the iPhone (or whatever it will be called a month from now). That means no Skype on my iPhone or any other cool programs. You’ll probably have to either hack it or pay Cingular to download special apps and what not.
quote: In an interview with the New York Times, Steve Jobs confirms reports that the recently-announced iPhone will not allow third party applications to be installed. According to Jobs, ‘These are devices that need to work, and you can’t do that if you load any software on them.’ In a similar vein, Jobs said in a MSNBC article that, ‘Cingular doesn’t want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up
Bummer. I’m telling you…I can already foresee the great falling out between Apple and Cingular. Cingular = the devil.
January 12th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Interesting, I guess we’ll just have to see how hackable this thing is. A friend of mine told me last night that his buddy recently hacked his phone and installed Linux on it (along with Skype) so he can make free or 2 cents/min calls anywhere in the US.
At one point, I was considering purchasing the Mylo. That sucker is pretty cool and it came with a 1 year free Wi-fi subscription for any Starbucks T-Mobile hot spot in the nation. …yummy
January 12th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Apparently, the backdating issue shouldn’t be of concern. The trademark issue, however, is a clear violation on Apple’s part and will probably result in a financial settlement, since I doubt Apple will agree to making the two different iPhones communicate.
Maybe he’ll prove me wrong though.
If anyone’s in trouble, I think it might be Sony. See why here:
http://www.xanga.com/AZNTZOUIEE/562546665/sony-blows-it-no-pun-intended.html
January 13th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Publicity, good or bad, is still publicity. Not implying this as an intentional move on Apple’s part, but you never know. I mean come on, they have how many ingenious people working for them, and no one seemed to understand, or catch a very important (and obvious) legal fatality…
I’m hoping that this will not hurt the release of the iphone. I don’t think it will, or maybe I’m just being hopeful.
Tony. Cool blog. I’m a difficult person to keep intrigued when it comes to techno babble, but you’ve kept me reading.
I linked you to a blog I’m still working on. It started out as a site for poetry, but I don’t write enough of that to keep it going. The poetry I have on there is pretty heavy and dark, I think, but it’s public so you are welcome to check it out. I have a link to the site I made for my trip to Thailand, I blogged some of my experiences while I was there, you should those out. I’m always interested to hear your opinion.
Hey, it was good to see you the other day. I really enjoyed our (short but technologically detailed) conversation. I hope to see you again and catch up, soon.
Camille
January 13th, 2007 at 1:15 am
And why is coffee only #9 on your list of keywords to describe this blog?
Not cool, Tony. NOT cool.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Camille, coffee is very important to me, I promise! :)