I’m sure many Apple fans would know HyperMac and loved it to bits. Thanks to HyperMac batteries their Apple toys can last longer in the battlefield. No thanks to Apple for moving to sealed-in MacBook Pro cells across the whole damn line. But Apple seemed to want to crash the party, as it filed a patent -infringement lawsuit against HyperMac manufacturer Sanho earlier this month, claiming that it’s using the patented MagSafe power connector and 30-pin iPhone / iPod dock connector without a license.

Now, the irony. Sanho says that they’ve always been using original Apple MagSafe connectors, which would theoretically defeat Apple’s patent claims. This is because once a patent holder sells a product that contains a patented technology, it can be difficult to claim that the patent is being infringed by the use of that product, even if there’s modification involved. Something called “Patent exhaustion”.  Things might get interesting here and we’ll see what happens, but we’d predict things come to a quick end once Sanho’s lawyers send in the first bill.

SOURCE via AppleInsider