TIL: Cisco has the trademark for iOS and licenses it out to Apple

Posted by DH61AG on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @04:24AM
from the support.apple.com dept.

https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/shortcuts/apd19e3e6994/ios

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Re:TIL: Cisco has the trademark for iOS and licenses it out ... by h2odragon on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @07:16AM (#41646049)

Cisco IOS was a thing. A painful, grungy, goofy plugin architecture thing.

Linux advanced routing made it superfluous. Those of you who never had to touch Cisco IOS should be grateful.

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Re:TIL: Cisco has the trademark for iOS and licenses it out ... by jiripospisil on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @06:28AM (#41645779)

> In June 2010, Apple rebranded iPhone OS as "iOS". The trademark "IOS" had been used by Cisco for over a decade for its operating system, IOS, used on its routers. To avoid any potential lawsuit, Apple licensed the "IOS" trademark from Cisco.

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