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> Why would Apple build an iOS router? Sounds like a walking trademark lawsuit. IOS being a networking operating system and all.
by Dobbs 14y ago
> Why would Apple build an iOS router?
Sounds like a walking trademark lawsuit. IOS being a networking operating system and all.
- tesseract 14y agoThey don't have to call it iOS.
- mrsteveman1 14y agoIndeed, they aren't calling the Apple TV firmware iOS either, it's just "Apple TV Software Update" wherever mentioned, as it's only relevant to Apple.
- Synaesthesia 14y agoSorry, I don't understand. Apple own the iOS trademark
- jdsnape 14y agoI'm not sure how they've worked it out, but Cisco has a registered trademark for IOS, which is their operating system for network equipment: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6537/products_ios_sub_category_home.html http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6537/products_ios_sub_...
- btn 14y agoThey use it under licence from Cisco. See: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html IOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license.