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February
2007
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02:16 AM
America/Los_Angeles

2.22.07 Apple, Cisco settle over iPhone name

The great iPhone squabble is over. Steve Jobs gets his iPhone after all. Cisco presumably gets some money and a (so far) vague commitment to interoperate. From the Times:



Wednesday night, in a short, ambiguously worded statement, the companies said they would dismiss all legal action against each other regarding the trademark and that Apple could use the name for its device, which it plans to start selling in June.

In addition, the companies said they would explore ways to make their identically named iPhone products work together “in the areas of security and consumer and enterprise communication.”



"Other terms," like how much is cost Apple to buy the name Steve Jobs unilaterally decided to just take, remain confidential.