Ios

There is Cisco IOS and Apple iOS.

Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS (Internetwork Operating System) is the system that most Cisco Systems routers and switches use. IOS is a package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions integrated into a multitasking operating system. Cisco used the three letter IOS name prior to Apple.

The IOS network operating system was developed in the 1980s for routers that had only 256 kB memory and low CPU processing power. When IOS was developed, Cisco Systems' main product line were routers. Cisco switches ran CatOS prior to being made to run their IOS operating system.

The IOS command-line interface (CLI) provides a fixed set of multiple-word commands you can use to program and interact with the network equipment.

Cisco IOS is versioned using three numbers and some letters, in the general form a.b(c.d)e, where:

• a is the major version number.
• b is the minor version number.
• c is the release number, which begins at one and increments as new releases in a same way
• d (omitted from general releases) is the interim build number.
• e (zero, one or two letters) is the software release train identifier, such as none (which designates the mainline), T (for Technology), E (for Enterprise), S (for Service provider), XA as a special functionality train, XB as a different special functionality train, etc.

Apple iOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. for their small mobile and portable devices. Apple iOS was first unveiled in 2007 for the iPhone and since then iOS has been extended to support more Apple devices such as the iPod Touch (September 2007) and the iPad (January 2010).

Touch screen oriented, the multi-touch interface reacts to simple gestures such as swiping your finger across the screen to move to the next page or pinching your fingers to zoom out. Interface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons. Internal accelerometers are used by some applications to respond to shaking the device or rotating it in three dimensions.

Major versions of iOS are released annually. On all recent iOS devices, iOS regularly checks on the availability of an update, and if one is available, will prompt the user to permit its automatic installation. There are small patches released throughout the year mostly aimed at vulnerabilities in the device's security layer. When your iPhone or iPad alerts you to a pending update, install it within a day or two.

The iOS SDK (Software Development Kit) allows for the development of mobile apps on iOS. The SDK is currently a free download for users of Mac personal computers. The SDK contains sets giving developers access to various functions and services of iOS devices, such as hardware and software attributes. It also contains an iPhone simulator to mimic the look and feel of the device on the computer while developing.

Trademark Legal Dispute

Apple uses the letter capitalization sequence as iOS while Cisco is generally all capitalized as IOS. Apple doesn't own the iOS name and trademark but licenses it from Cisco Systems. Cisco unlawfully were able to retain their trademark on the name iPhone by false evidence that they had current marketable technology in VoIP at a time when the were not using the IOS name for that purpose.

Cisco had the IOS name first and Apple should not have used that name for their new device operating system. Apple, on the other hand, had full rights to use the iPhone name since Cisco let that trademark expire. Cisco is a sleazy company that resorted to illegally manufacturing evidence to retain their trademark, something that company executives should have been criminally prosecuted for. Apple, by legal and moral right, should own the iPhone trademark, not Cisco. In the end, Apple was the victim as Apple was willing to pay Cisco to use the IOS name, however, Cisco clearly broke the law to retain a trademark on iPhone. Cisco executives are very loathsome people behind an evil company.

Trademark disputes and name conventions involving IOS and iPhone between Cisco and Apple:

February 21, 2007 - Cisco and Apple announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the "iPhone" trademark. Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the "iPhone" trademark on their products throughout the world. Both companies acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark.

June 08, 2010 - Cisco licenses iOS name to Apple prior to Apple announcing its newly renamed iOS. Cisco owns the trademark for IOS, its core operating system used for nearly two decades. The prior agreement is different from 2007, when Apple introduced the iPhone, a trademark that was also owned by Cisco. Following Apple's iPhone announcement, Cisco sued, alleging infringement.

Back in the late 1990s a company called Infogear sold a pretty innovative VOIP phone called the iPhone. Then Cisco bought Infogear in 2000 and discontinued the iPhone. Then a few years later Cisco bought Linksys. Then in 2006 a bunch of buzz started about a possible Apple phone probably called the iPhone going by iPod naming convention.

So suddenly Cisco was interested in the iPhone name again to capitalize on Apple's fame. The problem is the iPhone trademark had recently expired since Cisco had abandoned it, but there was a grace period Cisco could use to save it. But to save it they had to state under penalty of perjury that the trademark was in current commercial use, which it wasn't. Cisco hadn't been selling anything called an iPhone for years. Cisco applied for a renewal anyway just days before the grace period ended.

Their evidence of current commercial use was a picture of the shrinkwrapped box for a Linksys CIT200 VOIP phone, but with an "iPhone" sticker slapped on the outside of the shrinkwrap. The renewal was approved. Actual relabeled Linksys iPhones wouldn't ship until about six months after the grace period, and with it the trademark, would have ended. Even then the documentation didn't refer to an iPhone, just the model number.

Cisco defrauded the USPTO to keep its trademark, which is why they were so quick to come to a licensing agreement with Apple for no money handed over. On Apple's side they wanted to release the iPhone, and a years-long lawsuit over Cisco's fraud could have interfered with that, so settling was in their best interest too.

Apple had trademark infringement issues with not only iOS, and iPhone, but also the name iPad. Fujitsu released the first product to carry that name in 2002. Days before Apple's iPad was announced, the Cupertino, Calif., company acquired the trademark from Fujitsu.