Apple and Cisco Systems have resolved their trademark dispute over the iPhone brand, with both companies agreeing that each can use the name for their products.
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs had sent waves through the telecoms industry on January 9 when he unveiled the iPhone. However, Cisco Systems, a US computer network giant, had registered it in 2000.
In a statement released last night, the Silicon Valley companies said they had had settled their dispute out of court and were both "free to use the 'iPhone' trademark on their products throughout the world."
Cisco had sued Apple in a bid to prevent the group using the brand name, claiming it had owned the iPhone trademark since 2000 and had been selling phones bearing the name since 2006.
