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Oops! Apple sued over use of iPhone trademark

Apple ignored another company's trademark by using the name "iPhone" to describe the much-hyped new iPod-cum-mobile phone it launched this week. It now faces an expensive legal battle against Cisco Systems, the telecoms technology company, which launched legal proceedings for trademark infringement against Apple last night.

Apple sued over use of iPhone trademark

The iPhone is launched

The iPhone has arrived, but not from Apple.

Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, introduced two VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) handsets adding to five others the company already offers. The group of phones is now part of a Linksys family of products called iPhone.

The Linksys iPhones aren’t quite what some people may have been expecting. Apple is rumored to be working on a combined cell phone and digital music player and the mythical device has been dubbed the iPhone, after the popular iPod digital music player, by Apple enthusiasts.

Linksys’ newest iPhones include the CIT400, a cordless phone with a base station that attaches directly via Ethernet to a network and comes preloaded with VOIP software from eBay Inc.’s Skype Internet telephony service. The phone allows users to make and receive Skype calls without having to turn on and use their computers.

Macworld: News: The iPhone is launched ... by Linksys, not Apple