[opendtv] Re: Nine ways Apple, Inc. just changed the landscape of consumer electronics

  • From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:00:37 -0800

I've only read two articles, and it sounds like not so much of a
cross-licensing deal as for a cross-functionality one.  However, Cisco has
asked for attorney's fees, and that will most likely be a significant cash
exchange.

John Willkie, who always puts the payments of attorney's fees in the
contracts he proffers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 4:27 AM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Nine ways Apple, Inc. just changed the landscape of
> consumer electronics
> 
> At 9:42 AM -0800 1/11/07, John Willkie wrote:
> >iPhone?  I thought that was a trademark of Cisco and used in the
> marketplace
> >by their Linksys subsidiary for a year or more.  An article in today's
> paper
> >says that Apple and Cisco were in talks about use of the trademark for
> >months, but Apple hadn't inked it before Job's announcement.
> >
> >Now, they're being sued by Cisco, and they will probably be hit for
> willful
> >infringement.  Good to see that the Apple reality-distortion-field is
> still
> >well in place.> iPhones will.
> 
> It's a PR stunt John. And it is working.
> 
> Rather than spouting off, as you are so won't to do, why don't you
> wait to see where this "conflict" ends up. MY guess - backed up by
> several articles I have read - is that it will involve some cross
> licensing agreement that will benefit both companies, not a large
> cash exchange.
> 
> Regards
> Craig
> 
> 
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