Apple sued over trademark infringement

An U.S. company named "iCloud communication" sued Apple over copying its trademark, according to media reports Monday.

ICloud communication, an Arizona-based VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) provider, asserted that Apple's infringement is now hurting its business and confusing the clients.

The worldwide media coverage given to

"Due to the worldwide media coverage given to and generated by Apple's announcement of its 'iCloud' services and the ensuing saturation advertising campaign pursued by Apple, the media and the general public have quickly come to associate the mark 'iCloud' with Apple, to put it more exactly than iCloud Communications," reads the court filing.

ICloud Communications is demanding the court for all of Apple's profits from iCloud in this way far and for Apple to suddenly stop using the name of "iCloud".

The trademark iCloud in Europe on March 31

Apple did apply for the trademark "iCloud" in Europe on March 31 and bought the iCloud.com domain for 4.5 million U.S. dollars.

This is not the first time that Apple's products met with lawsuits over trademark issue. In 2007, Apple's iPhone was sued by Cisco, which launched a product as well called "iPhone".