Cisco Systems and Apple have settled a dispute over rights to use the iPhone name. Under terms of the agreement, both companies have the right to use the name. Linksys iPhone CIT300 In addition, Cisco and Apple have agreed to “explore opportunities for interoperability” in security and communications technologies for consumers and business users, they said in a brief statement. Other terms of the agreement, which heads off a lawsuit filed by Cisco over rights to the iPhone trademark, were not disclosed.Cisco sued Apple last month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for infringing its iPhone trademark with the announcement of a cellular handset that bears the same name. At that time, Cisco said it obtained rights to the iPhone name through its 2000 acquisition of Infogear, which had a product line called iPhone. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe The Apple iPhone In addition, Cisco’s Linksys division last year began selling a line of dual-mode cordless phones, called iPhone, that let users make voice-over-IP calls. Cisco’s lawsuit against Apple came shortly after CEO Steve Jobs last month announced the company’s own iPhone cellular handset at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. That announcement was made without an agreement with Cisco to use the iPhone name, a company spokesman said at the time.Prior to Jobs’ iPhone announcement, Apple and Cisco had discussed terms of an agreement for Apple to use the name. Those discussions continued after the iPhone announcement and the filing of the lawsuit, ultimately resulting in the settlement. -Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service (Singapore Bureau)Related Links: Cisco Gives Apple More Time for iPhone Response Cisco Hits Apple With Lawsuit over iPhone Name iSuppli: Apple iPhone May Yield More Than 50% Margins Why the iPhone Is the Single Most Important Thing to Happen to CIOs This Year Why Apple i-Anything Is a Non-Issue for CIOs and Corporate AmericaCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value. This year started out about the same, with slightly better ML algorithms and improved d By Maria Korolov Sep 21, 2023 16 mins Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence opinion 6 deadly sins of enterprise architecture EA is a complex endeavor made all the more challenging by the mistakes we enterprise architects can’t help but keep making — all in an honest effort to keep the enterprise humming. By Peter Wayner Sep 21, 2023 9 mins Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Software Development opinion CIOs worry about Gen AI – for all the right reasons Generative AI is poised to be the most consequential information technology of the decade. Plenty of promise. But expect novel new challenges to your enterprise data platform. By Mike Feibus Sep 20, 2023 7 mins CIO Generative AI Artificial Intelligence brandpost How Zero Trust can help align the CIO and CISO By Jaye Tillson, Field CTO at HPE Aruba Networking Sep 20, 2023 4 mins Zero Trust Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe