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more on Cisco Sues Apple for IPhone Trademark Infringement (U
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:53:17 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: January 10, 2007 6:38:17 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex comSubject: 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 lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Founder, CIFIP - California Initiative For Internet Privacy - http://www.cifip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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