Cisco running iPhone ads on Google ad network

It appears that Cisco hasn’t given up on their iPhone lawsuit just yet.

Linksys iPhone ads are showing up on a number of Apple iPhone related sites and blog posts. The ad text reads:

iPhone by Linksys

Cordless Internet Telephone. Featuring mobile video and music.
http://www.linksys.com/cisco

Read any of my recent BillDay.com posts on Apple iPhone, for instance, and you’re likely to see a Cisco ad for the Linksys iPhone in the sidebar:

Click on the screenshot above to blow it up and read the circled ad text at the right.

Is Cisco trying to makes its case before a counter-suit?