Cisco sues Apple

Cisco sued Apple for using it trademark iPhone. The Cisco iPhone went on sale last year. Based on VoIP technology they can be bought for as little as USD 12, though with the right software installed they usually cost the user around USD 70 in total.

Cisco is demanding that Apple relinquish all profits eventually made on the iPhone and pay Cisco’s legal bills. The company also wants Apple to destroy all labels, signs, packaging and other promotional material that include the word “iPhone.”Linksys, a WLAN company that now is Cisco’s fully owned subsidiary, first registered iPhone in 1996.

Source: Mobile monday