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Title: Apple sues to halt sale of third party power adapters Post by: Alex on November 26, 2009, 05:54:58 PM Apple sues to halt sale of third party power adapters
In a patent case filed by the Cupertino-based company on Monday, representatives for Apple claim that another company is selling third party Macbook power adapters based on an infringing design. Media Solutions Holdings, through three different e-commerce sites, offers discounted chargers that Apple says too closely resemble its recognizable "Mag Safe" power adapters protected in a patent filed in 2001 and granted in 2003. "Through various Web sites and otherwise, the Defendants market these knock-off power adapters for use with Apple portable computers, such as the MacBook," Apple asserts in its complaint, according to a report from InformationWeek. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/eS2QH70Ecg0/apple-sues-to-halt-sale-of-third-party-power-adapters |