In a somewhat bizarre outcome, the battle between Apple and Cisco’s lawyers over who gets to use the ‘iPhone’ name has been settled with both sides agreeing to let the other use it on their products.
This appears to mean that both companies can go on releasing their iPhones, although Apple has also stated that, ‘In addition, Cisco and Apple will explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, and consumer and enterprise communications.’ Which sounds a bit like business-speak for lots of money changing hands behind the scenes. We wouldn’t be surprised to see the LinkSys (Cisco) iPhone-branding quietly disappear sometime in the next year or so…
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