Feed - Quora: Cisco, which at the time owned Linksys, already had a product called the iPhone. Initially Cisco sued Apple for trademark infringement, but eventually realized it was in their mutual best interests to work out a deal.
So, Cisco gave up the name in exchange for certain exclusivity favors by Apple. The most noticeable - supporting Cisco’s proprietary IPSec VPN implementation natively in Mac OS X and iOS.
So, Cisco gave up the name in exchange for certain exclusivity favors by Apple. The most noticeable - supporting Cisco’s proprietary IPSec VPN implementation natively in Mac OS X and iOS.