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Technology & Science

Jan. 24, 2007

Is Apple Cored?

FORUM COLUMN - By Robert E. Lyon - When is an IPhone just a plain old phone? We may find out during the trademark smackdown between Apple and Cisco, which could end with neither player having protectable intellectual property.

Forum Column

By Robert E. Lyon
     
      If you've been breathing for the past two weeks, then you know that Apple again has signaled - with its new iPhone - its move from a purely computer mode toward consumer electronics. While the company's foray into the music business has left the Apple trademark intact, its expansion into the cell-phone business could cause intellectual-property meltdown.
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