Apple plays with fire, courts iPhone gift card lawsuits
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Apple's recent decision to forbid the use of Apple Store gift cards for iPhone sales may expose the company to class action lawsuits or state-led investigations. Is this anti-iPhone locking action one step too far for the company?
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco Systems Inc. said late Thursday that it has given Apple Inc. nearly another week to respond to its trademark infringement lawsuit that threatens to halt Apple from using the "iPhone" name on its much-hyped new iPod-cellular phone device.
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June 29 is the day that Apple becomes the sort of oppressive, inflexible company that it has long accused Microsoft of being, an iPhone skeptic claims.  Read his top 13 reasons why iPhone will disappoint you.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Cisco Systems is giving Apple until February 15 to respond to a lawsuit over the trademark to the name "iPhone," according to a federal court document filed late Wednesday.
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Looks like I'll get the drive back soon. First I got a call from the Emeryville store, then I got a call from a person in Apple Executive offices (she gave me her name and number, but I'm not going to publish it here). I'll report back when I have more info. PS: The number of idiotic comments has gone way up.
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Cisco Systems Inc. said late Thursday that it has given Apple Inc. nearly another week to respond to its trademark infringement lawsuit that threatens to halt Apple from using the "iPhone" name on its much-hyped new iPod-cellular phone device.
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An unhappy iTunes online music store customer is suing Apple Computer Inc. , alleging the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out competitors, court filings showed.
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By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 2--Cisco Systems is giving Apple until Feb. 15 to respond to a lawsuit over the trademark to the name "iPhone," according to a federal court document filed late Wednesday.
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Apple Inc  Chief  Executive Steve Jobs on Thursday offered a $100 store credit to  early buyers of the iPhone, seeking to calm customers angry  over an unexpected and steep price cut.
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Apple Inc. no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cell phone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.
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An unhappy iTunes online music  store customer is suing Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O, alleging  the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to  work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out  competitors, court filings showed.
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An Apple lawsuit against the operators of fan websites stirs debate on whether bloggers can claim legal protections.
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For the last several weeks, iPhone users have been by turns amused or enraged over the sheer heft of the bills they are receiving from AT&T.
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Customers will have to wait to use its gift cards.
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People looking to walk into an Apple retailer and buy an&#160;iPhone&#160;with cash will be out of luck. The company is now accepting only credit or debit card payments for the devices so they can track who purchases the phone, according to an employee at the Apple Store in New York&#39;s SoHo neighborhood.The new policy is Apple&#39;s attempt to prevent people from purchasing and then unlocking and reselling iPhones, a situation that has been a problem for the company. Apple won&#39;t let anyone without a credit card or debit card in their name purchase iPhones, according to an unidentified Apple Store employee in a phone interview.&quot;We need to track the purchases of the iPhone [because] we have people buying the phones, unlocking the phones and selling them,&quot; she said.A report by the Associated Press last week said Apple was limiting the purchases to two devices and allowing users to purchase them only with credit or debit cards. According to store employees, the two-device limit has always been in place, but the noncash policy is new.Apple&#39;s public relations team did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the new policy. However, it&#39;s no secret the company is trying to stem the tide of unlocked and resold phones, now totaling about 250,000. Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook mentioned that number last week in a quarterly results conference call as the difference between the number of handsets sold -- approximately 1.4 million -- and those actually connecting via AT&amp;T Wireless, the iPhone&#39;s exclusive U.S. carrier.If one analyst&#39;s estimate is correct, those unlocked phones are costing Apple millions of dollars. Piper Jaffrey analyst Gene Munster said that he believes Apple receives US$18 per iPhone per month from AT&amp;T Wireless, based on iPhone-related revenue Apple reported in its latest quarterly earnings , totaling more than $4.5 million in lost revenue.REFERENCES:AT&amp;T paying Apple $18 per iPhone per month?, Macworld.co.uk, Oct. 25, 2007Apple: 250,000 iPhones unlocked from AT&amp;T, Network World (US), Oct. 25, 2007
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Apple Inc. iPhone owners, annoyed by the company's decision this week to cut iPhone prices by $200, returned to the fold after CEO Steve Jobs said early buyers would get a $100 store credit.
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Cisco Systems Inc and Apple Inc have returned to the negotiating table over Apple's use of the "iPhone" trademark for its smartphone-video iPod device, and Apple has been given more time to respond to Cisco's lawsuit.