djtim21
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join:2003-12-22
Buffalo Grove, IL
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| reply to IanR
Re: Hypocrisy
The reason I believe that Apple went public before setting a deal with Cisco, they wanted to see what it was worth first.
I think they will go back at Cisco and say - "Look how much free publicity you just got from us, now drop the fee a little, or we'll drag it on for a while."
In the mean time, Apple will still distribute the iPhone, and Cisco will still cry.
Either way, Apple will pay for this some way. Weather it's a little or a lot has to be determined.
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA
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| Except that by bringing the lawsuit Cisco is not going after publicity, they are doing it to protect their investment in a product named iPhone. The lawsuit was not the initial path chosen by Cisco to resolve the conflict, it was Apple who decided to pull out of negotiations behind closed doors and make this a public matter.
Cisco does not need publicity of this sort. |
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kyramilan
join:2006-11-26
Pensacola, FL
| Apple was also sued by the Beatles.
It is funny a lot don't see Apple has ARROGANT as Microsoft. In fact, Steve Jobs's ARROGANCE at not licensing Apple's OS MADE Microsoft into what it is today.
iTunes is ARROGANT at not allowing other MP3 players to play it.
Mac is ARROGANT in new OS, new Mac required almost.
Apple apparently knew it was using someone else's trademark or why would they have been in negotiations with Cisco in the first place?  |
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