Tag: cisco-apple-iphone

Cisco and Apple are taking more time to sort out their trademark differences on iPhone, reports AP. “After the companies had previously agreed to extend the deadline until Thursday night, the world’s largest networking equipment maker said Apple now has until Wednesday to respond to the lawsuit filed last month in San Francisco federal court,” notes the story. “Both companies reiterated previous statements that they want to use the extra time to reach a settlement.” Read More

A story by Reuters today reports that Cisco has given Apple more time to respond to the “iPhone” trademark lawsuit filed last month by the company. “Cisco has agreed to give Apple an extension until Wednesday, February 21,” Cisco said in a statement.

Apple and Cisco Systems have “agreed to extend the time Apple has to respond to Cisco’s lawsuit surrounding the iPhone, in order to discuss trademark rights and interoperability,” reports AP. “San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco, which makes routers and switches to link networks and power the Internet, sued Apple over alleged trademark infringement for calling its new cell phone-iPod device iPhone.