Apple, Cisco Agree to Share 'IPhone' Name

February 22nd, 2007 in Technology / Business
Cisco, Apple Settle 'IPhone' Dispute

Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates the new Apple iPhone during his keynote address at MacWorld Conference and Expo in a San Francisco file photo from Jan. 9, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. said Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 they have settled the trademark-infringement lawsuit that threatened to derail Apple's use of the "iPhone" name for its much-hyped new iPod-cellular phone gadget. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. have agreed to share the "iPhone" name, but both companies are staying tightlipped about what future products might come from the resulting deal to collaborate on "interoperability" between the companies' products.

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