It looks as if there just aren’t enough creative phone names out there to keep companies from walking all over each others’ trademarks. Just like the Cisco iPhone/Apple iPhone debacle of last year, Garmin’s new Nuvifone has stirred up trouble with Nuvio, another manufacturer with a similar name, selling similar products – phones.
Nuvio announced on Thursday that it had filed a trademark lawsuit against Garmin in the US District Court of Kansas, the state where both Garmin and Nuvio are headquartered. According to the company’s press release, it attempt to reach a settlement out of court before issuing a cease and desist letter in late Janauary and now seeking legal action.
