The lawsuit of Apple vs. Cisco in 2007 poses a questionable practice about ethics in business environment. Fairly speaking, both companies have their arguments as well as unethical behaviors over the iPhone trademark. Legally, Cisco owned the iPhone trademark. However, the trademark was apparently abandoned until 2006 because Cisco was not using it. In order to keep a trademark registration active, Cisco had to file a Declaration of Use on or before the sixth anniversary of the registration date, which was on 11/16/2005. Cisco filed a Declaration of Use on 05/04/2006, which was in the grace period of six months after the sixth anniversary. Had they not filed, their registration would have been canceled. To Apple, it has been known for owning
