Apple Launches Patent Infringement Suit Against Sanho Over MagSafe HyperMac Batteries
13/09/2010 |
Much to the chagrin of consumers who want a cheaper alternative, Apple is notoriously protective of its MagSafe patent… so much so that they have a rich history of suing the third-party builders of MagSafe knock-offs. Now it appears that Cupertino is going after another one, having filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Sanho [...]...
Last Day to Buy HyperMac's External MacBook Batteries (With Cords) [Apple]
At midnight tonight, HyperMac will shutter shop and re-open as HyperJuice "in the coming weeks." This is, of course, due to Apple getting all legal on their use of patent-defying MagSafe connectors, but HyperMac is hopeful something can be arranged.More »
Apple Sues HyperMac Battery Maker For Patent Infringement [Apple]
We here at Gizmodo HQ love ourselves some HyperMac batteries, but apparently Cupertino doesn't share our enthusiasm. Apple is suing parent company Sanho over six patents relating to MagSafe and iPod. And it looks like they may have a case.More »
HyperMac Pulling Plug on MacBook Charging Cables [Apple]
This is why we can't have nice (allegedly patent-infringing) things! After drawing legal heat from Apple for its MagSafe connectors, HyperMac has announced that they'll stop selling their MacBook charging cables and car chargers on November 2nd. But there's hope!More »
Friday Night Fights: Is Samsung Really Copying Apple? [Feature]
Laaaaaaaaaaadiesand Gentlemen, welcome to Friday Night Fights, a new series of weekly deathmatches between two no-mercy brawlers who will fight to the death — or at least agree to disagree — about which is better: Apple or Google, iOS or Android? This week’s topic is one person...
Blogger Shows Us How It's Done - Wins Suit Against Apple Over Defective MacBook Pro
A few years back Seattle Rex had gone all out on a 17" MacBook Pro - spending approximately $4,500 on the then top-of-the-line machine ($5,100 including AppleCare). The particular MacBook Pro he bought turned out to be defective. The laptop's Nvidia graphics processor started displaying sym...
Sanho introduces HyperMac MagSafe conversion kit
We love Sanho’s line of HyperMac products, which allow you to juice your MacBook or iOS device with an external battery pack… but when Cupertino C&D’ed Sanho over Hypermac for using Apple’s patented MagSafe connectors, the future of the product line seemed in doubt.We...
Motorola Sue Apple For Patent Infringement, Asks ITC To Ban iPhone, iPad and Mac Sales
The file cabinets of mobile companies are always filled with patents, but it’s only recently they have started going to war over them. Before 2007, in fact, most patent disputes were handled behind closed doors with smiles and handshakes. Then the iPhone came along, and all of a sudden, it ...
Apple Loses $208.5MM In Cover Flow Patent Infringement Suit
Although I never end up using it unless I happen to browse music on my iPhone in a supine position, by most accounts, people love Cover Flow, Apple’s virtual shelf for iTunes on the Mac and iOS that displays albums by their cover art (or, in OS X, by its preview image). A nice flourish, bu...
iControlPad Switches To Bluetooth After Apple Sues Hypermac
Last time we heard about the iControlPad, the long-delayed physical gamepad for the iPhone and iPod Touch had finally completed its two-and-a-half year journey from the brainpan of its makers to their hands as the very first model dropped off the production lines… now boasting a modular des...
Analyst: The Benefits of Suing Everyone Could Be "Huge" $30B Per Year Win For Apple
Don’t expect another Nokia-like settlement in Apple’s current legal wrangles with HTC and Samsung. The Cupertino, Calif. tech giant could convert courtroom victories to market gains over Android worth more than $30 billion a year, argues one analyst.“We anticipate that Apple wil...
