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Old 11-01-2007, 11:02   #74
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Re: iPhone

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
I thought they would try to resolve it. They were in talks, it seems a pretty weak case giving that Apple are well known for the 'i' prefix and a phone was on the way.

I am pretty sure in cases such as that, a company can claim it would have been their trademark. Similar to the way web domains are handled if you take one that could be used in advance.
Cisco could have a case -
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"The firm has owned the name since it bought Infogear Technology in 2000, which registered the name. Infogear had previously used the name for several years, said Cisco."

Infogear filed for the iPhone trademark in 1996, two years before the iMac came out.

edit - bottoms, just beaten to it.
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