Oddly enough zdnet reports that the iPhone trademark by cisco has expired in 2005 and they havent been renewing it since. this might have been the reason apple toke it over. interesthing.

“The Cisco iPhone trademark was registered 11/16/1999 (Reg. No. 2293011). In order to keep a trademark registration active, you have to file a Declaration of Use on or before the sixth anniversary of the registration date, in which you state, under penalty of perjury, that you have been using the trademark continuously during that period. The sixth anniversary would have been 11/16/2005.”
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=383 

   

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