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Submission + - It's for you - Apple. You've been served.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Cisco takes umbrage to the cool toys in Steve Jobs camp, and promptly sues Apple, Inc. over the name of the iPhone.

iTV became the Apple tv, any problem with iPhone becoming the Apple phone ?
Handhelds

Submission + - Cisco sues Apple over iPhone

Submitted by chunkyasparagus
chunkyasparagus writes: Cisco is suing Apple Computer for trademark infringement, for using the iPhone name for its new phone. Even after Cisco said it thought Apple would agree to a final document and public statement regarding the trademark.
Businesses

Submission + - Cisco vs Apple

Submitted by mgabrys_sf
mgabrys_sf writes: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16566514/

Cisco Apple deal must have fallen through. It's lawyers at dawn! I'm confused, when a company has prior trademarks using the "i" cachet, don't lawsuits usually end up the other way around? I'm not talking the exact same name, but similar names have fallen under the legal wheel before. Anyway, it's been 5 minutes since Apple got sued by anyone and this one should be fun to watch.
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Cisco sues Apple for trademark infringement

Submitted by enkrateias
enkrateias writes: It was reported earlier that the two were to come to an agreement over the use of the iPhone name, but it seems like the deal must have fallen apart, according to the BBC.
"Cisco is suing Apple Computer for trademark infringement, for using the iPhone name for its new phone. Apple launched its new handheld device under the iPhone name on Tuesday, at the Macworld event in San Francisco. Following the launch Cisco said it hoped to resolve the matter by Tuesday evening after negotiations. Cisco said it thought Apple would agree to a final document and public statement regarding the trademark. More to follow."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6250511.stm
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Cisco to sue Apple over iPhone name

Submitted by rufey
rufey writes: MSNBC is reporting that Cisco Systems is set to sue Apple over Apple's use of the iPhone name. Cisco has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000 when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp, who had the trademark already registered.

From the article: Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name," said Mark Chandler, Cisco senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission. Cisco is seeking injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying Cisco's iPhone trademark.
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Cisco suing Apple over of iPhone name

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Just one day after the announcement of Apple's new iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc. On Wednesday announced that it is suing Apple Inc. in federal court over the use of Cisco's registered iPhone trademark. Cisco, as you'll recall, released a VoIP phone in December also dubbed the iPhone, made by its subsidiary, Linksys. Cisco has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.
Google

Submission + - The race to beat Google

Submitted by yavori
yavori writes: In an article in the January 1st 2007 issue of NYTimes, reporter Miguel Helft writes about the race in Silicon Valley to beat Google. Certainly the future of search has been much talked about lately. Last year Read/WriteWeb had a number of big posts on this topic, including Emre's Search 2.0 and my post about vertical search. We have also profiled many search players, including Retrevo, Hakia, Quintura, Pluggd, Microsoft Live Search, Snap and ChaCha. Since we have been following the battle closely, we are excited to see the coverage in New York Times — which signals that the search space has heated up enough to be worthy of attention by a tech-savvy mainstream audience.
Businesses

Submission + - Paypal Freezes Deadspin Fund For Slain Soldier

Submitted by
seadoo2006
seadoo2006 writes: "[From deadspin.com]...

In recent weeks, we've been asked for an update concerning The Adam Knox Fund, the fund we founded to send money to the family and platoon of the late Adam Knox, brother of Deadspin reader Thomas Knox (and one of the men behind this famous photo). Well, here it is ... and it's not good. One of the first lessons we learned as a writer was not to write angry ... so we're gonna do what we can here to contain ourselves. But we'll say this: The people who work at Paypal are monstrous human beings who should have their entrails dragged through the street. So here's what happened: When we set up the fund, we attached it to a Paypal account, because we thought that would make it easier to contribute. Turns out, though — as we learned through two more hours on the phone with these jerks yesterday — that they set up the initial Paypal account as a "charitable organization" account. (We do not know why they did this. We did not ask them to.) Because of this, they require "documentation of non-profit tax-exempt status." Because Deadspin is not, in fact, a non-profit organization (though we wouldn't exactly call us a "profit" organization either) , the compliance department has decided that the funds are to be frozen for "180 days," after which time they will be deposited in the "bank account on file." (Which is our personal bank account.) The douche on the phone — whom we hope goes home tonight and is fucking beaten by Jason Kidd's wife — said that he understood the situation and that it was "unfortunate" but that "we have our policies. If you contact us on April 13 [the 180 days date] we will be reminded to deposit the funds, because the suspension would be over." That's the word that dicknob used: "Suspension." (Whew: We wrote a little angry there.) Anyway, so, unless Paypal can see reason, we won't be able to send the legitimately raised money for a legitimate cause to Adam's family and the goods to Adam's platoon until April 13. We find this unacceptable. So: We call on you. If you're even close to as fired up about this as we are, we encourage you to contact them and let them know what you think or, in a pinch, just call 402-935-2050 and really let them know. If you have a Paypal account yourself, as unfortunate as that might be, you'll need to give them your account info to get somebody on the line; if you don't, we suggest you just keep punching "0" or whatever until you get somebody on the phone. Paypal is wrong — disgustingly wrong — in this, and if our screaming yesterday didn't make a difference, perhaps your numbers can. And we apologize again to the Knox family and the Columbus, Ohio platoon for all this. If we would have known Paypal was so awful, we wouldn't have used them. We won't make the mistake again. Introducing The Adam Knox Fund"
Slashdot.org

Submission + - Would you admit to reading Slashdot?

Submitted by MagicM
MagicM writes: While considering potential job-interview questions, I considered: "Are there any publications/blogs/websites that you regularly read?" Every industry has their hallmark websites, and whether an interviewee knows them could be an indication of their professionalism. However, if you were asked this question, would you list Slashdot as part of your daily dose of information?
Space

Submission + - Black Diamonds from Outer Space

Submitted by tammad
tammad writes: According to the National Science Foundation, Geologists have discovered that black diamonds, or carbonado diamonds, may actually be of extra-terrestrial origin. According to the article:
"Trace elements critical to an 'ET' origin are nitrogen and hydrogen," said Haggerty. The presence of hydrogen in the carbonado diamonds indicates an origin in a hydrogen-rich interstellar space, he and colleagues believe."
Nintendo

Gates Pegs Nintendo, Not Sony, as Toughest Competition 178

Posted by Zonk from the when-white-plastic-fights dept.
njkid1 writes "Microsoft's Bill Gates thinks that because of the 'impressive strength' of the company and its new Wii console Nintendo is now Microsoft's biggest competition when it comes to videogames. This is somewhat understandable, given Nintendo's new projections for this year. The Japanese game maker plans to sell an impressive 100 Million DS games this year, along with 21 Million Wii games and some six million consoles. This may seem to be just more flack, to go along with Peter Moore's dismissive comments towards Sony at CES this week, but news of the Halo DS game that almost was puts credence to Microsoft's new priorities."

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