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Jan 07iPhone’s Visual Voicemail: Nortel may sue Apple.
Posted by CJCM
It looks like Apple is in for more trouble with its iPhone. This time it is over the use of the term Visual Voicemail where a product with the same name already exists as part of the Nortel’s Voice Office Applications Suite.
I wonder, with over 200 patents applicable to the handset, as claimed by Steve Jobs, how many more will come up and join the party Apple did not invite that would potentially cost Apple millions of dollars. Is it worth it? Only time will tell. But if previous products by Apple is anything to go by, iPhone should be generating a lot of cash for Job’s lawyers to negotiate with the suing parties. Good luck to Apple.
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I think everyone knew that Cisco’s fiasco with Apple over the brand name iPhone would eventually end up with lawsuit. However, what is more interesting behind this whole episode is why Apple took the risk of going ahead with using iPhone brand name when Steve Jobs and his lawyers already knew that iPhone is a trademark belonging to Cisco. If you are wondering about the same question, my post at 


