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Originally Posted by patrickh
I remembered from my IP class way back in my university days that if you don't start using your trademark in your product in a year or so, you lose it. No?
They just can't register millions of marks without having a product for 7 years and all of a sudden start using it to take advantage of the iPxxx name from Apple. So Apple might be able to win in court..
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In an article I read it said the the original holder (info something) had tried a product named iphone and it failed in market, circa 1998. The name, as IP transfered to the successors in business, eventually Cisco's sub Linksys. So there was some use of the mark. Dunno if this is sufficent to your point but there was some use.
How about Apple resurrecting the Newton name. Catchy, what?