HyperMac Pulling Plug on MacBook Charging Cables [Apple]
18/10/2010 |
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 »...
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 »
Apple Launches Patent Infringement Suit Against Sanho Over MagSafe HyperMac Batteries
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 ...
Apple Patents Non-Exploding Batteries [Apple]
Apple products are really pretty, so it's quite a shame when they explode. More than once. So I'd say this patent for non-exploding batteries is definitely a move in the right direction.More »
Magic Box Makes HyperJuice External Mac Batteries MagSafe-Compatible [Batteries]
Apple recently decided to kick HyperMac—and its delightful external MacBook batteries—out of the clubhouse for selling patent-infringing MagSafe cables. Fortunately, life finds a way. Or at least, computing peripherals do. Meet Magic Box.More »
Samsung Demands To See the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 In Court [Legal]
The legal slugfest between partners-turned-competitors Apple and Samsung continues: Samsung has demanded that Apple release the iPhone 4S/5 and iPad 3 to their lawyers as part of a discovery process to determine if there was any infringement on Apple's part.More »
Apple Comes to the Aid of Developers in Legal Fight Against Lodsys [Apple]
When patent troll Lodsys went after iOS app developers for their use of in-app purchases, Apple quickly got involved, telling the company to step down. Now that Lodsys is refusing to back off, Apple is getting hands-on in this legal battle.More »
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...
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 and Samsung Are Still BFF Despite Suing Each Other Into Oblivion [Fights]
Apple's suing Samsung! Samsung's wants to sue Apple! But Samsung sells Apple lots and lots and lots of components every year! So how are the legal squabbles affecting their relationship? According to Apple COO Tim Cook on Apple's earnings call today, Samsung remains a "very valued" partner, no ma...
