Ode to Apple

June 29th 2007 saw the release, with a great success, of one of the most advanced gadgets of the last days “The Apple iPhone”. The first release was only for Apple stores, Apple online stores and AT&T Shops, with price $500 and $600 for 4GB and 8GB respectively.

This fabulous gadget - 3 in 1 - as was defined by her creator Steve Jobs, should never be called “iPhone”. Why?

It’s simple. The company, Cisco Systems Incorporated, is the owner of the iPhone brand from the year 2000 when they became owners of Infogear Technology Corporation. This was the one that originally registered the brand. Even, the Cisco division - Linksys - released a telephone with access to the internet called the “iPhone”, a VOIP Phone.

Regardless, Steve Jobs the president of Apple had the guts to announce the release of the “Apple iPhone” in January 2007 despite knowing the fact that the iPhone was a registered trademark of Cisco. Excellent!

Immediately after the announcement, Cisco filed a lawsuit against Apple for illegal use of a registered trademark. Unbelievably, Steve Jobs made an agreement with Cisco to use the “desired” brand iPhone. How did they do it? We really don’t know. Everything seemed as if from the beginning the agreement was established behind scenes.

Mark Shandler, vice-president of Cisco commented, “Indisputably the new iPhone is a wonderful gadget, it is bad that one is using a registered trademark without permission”.

Well, fans of the iPhone can stop using tablets and take a breath. Cisco not only will allow Apple use iPhone name but both corporations announced an agreement to make technology together and develop some cool applications.