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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Cisco might have lost iPhone trademark in '06]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/13/cisco-might-have-lost-iphone-trademark-in-06/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/13/cisco-might-have-lost-iphone-trademark-in-06/</guid><description><![CDATA[talk about putting lipstick on a pig...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 13th 2007 4:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Cisco might have lost iPhone trademark in '06]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/13/cisco-might-have-lost-iphone-trademark-in-06/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/13/cisco-might-have-lost-iphone-trademark-in-06/</guid><description><![CDATA[This information indicates that Cisco did not actively offer a product named "iPhone" between 1999 and December 2006. But they knew Apple was interested in the name because Apple had approached them and negotiations were ongoing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[brad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 13th 2007 4:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Cisco might have lost iPhone trademark in '06]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/13/cisco-might-have-lost-iphone-trademark-in-06/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/13/cisco-might-have-lost-iphone-trademark-in-06/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not necessarily.  Even if Apple could "cancel" Cisco's USPTO trademark registration for IPHONE, it still has to prove that Cisco abandoned their common law trademark rights in the mark. It is basic to US trademark law, that first use of a trademark, not registration, establishes exclusive rights to the mark.  To prove abandonment, Apple will have to show Cisco took actions to abandon the mark AND it intended to abandon its rights.  See <a href="http://www.trademark-blawg.com/2007/01/isuit-25.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.trademark-blawg.com/2007/01/isuit-25.html</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Guevara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 14th 2007 12:44PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>