Apple sues clone power adapter manufacturer

Seriously does apple really so screw up in the head for money ? I know its the basis of the capitalistic system , but come on ? Suing for every little thing ?

Ok Freedomthinker, if you get a business running, and then someone gets a proffit out of it without paying you anything for the effort you made, would you be ok?

Think before you write (I mean you have a lot of time between the thinking, writting and hitting the reply button).

I still hope Apple gets burned with this =)

I hate when companies overcharge for items, then sue the guys who make the same product and sell it cheaper. Its things like this that make me have no respect for Apple

If you look at the patent that's linked in the article, it's for the "ornamental design" of the adapter and not some special tech. I don't really know anything about patents, but it sounds like 3rd party adapters might be ok as long as they don't look almost exactly the same as the apple one.

I'm fine with the clones assuming they're reliable and don't catch fire but I've seen some really bad 3rd party adapters.

Does anyone have a link to more specific info on this device? I'd like to see the product itself. Counterfeiting hardware is almost worse than counterfeiting money.

I expect the revenue coming from selling power adapters alone justifies suing them...
I mean what do they expect when they sell hardware at such expensive prices,
when will it end?

Sony is sort of Apple-ish with their devices too, however, so many Sony "clone" adapters are available in the marketplace some advertised as genuine, some as "third party" compatible.

"Ok Freedomthinker, if you get a business running, and then someone gets a proffit out of it without paying you anything for the effort you made, would you be ok?"

I'd also hate to see a mechanic get money for fixing a truck that Ford made. How dare they profit off Ford by actually working and giving a service to people that does not infringe on Ford at all?

Bastards.

What next, a store making a profit by selling clothes a different company made? Absurdity.

That mechanic didn't make a vehicle and then put the Ford brand on it, did he?

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EDIT: I dialed sarcasm down a lot, be thankful and do the same, taking things out of context isn't that hard, probably should read and comment the news as is.

Yet another reason I don't plan on ever buying a Mac. I hate the "buy from us or buy from no one" attitude...

^^^ Mac has ALWAYS had that attitude. Steve Jobs has a stiff butt when it comes to his business practice. Mac just has a host of its own problems and a few more clashes of preference when it comes to their computers. One of the funnier things I noticed about their laptops was that the thinner they got, the more quirks the laptops had. For example, if the laptop gets thinner, the amount of tilt you can have with the screen decreases. So if you're a taller fellow, and you want a slim Mac, like a Mac air, you're out of luck with being able to sit with it on your lap. You'll have to hunker down just to see the screen. And worse than that, if you lifted up the Mac Air's screen from the corner? The darn screen would crack.

There's also the issue of customization with Macs. Macs are VERY hard to customize on your own. They build it with technology they deem sufficient, stick a high price tag on it just because they built it, and ship it out. And if you want a better video card than the one they give you, you'll have to either send it in, or break your warranty and try it yourself. And that's easier said than done. Just about the only things you can upgrade are the hard drive and the memory. What a joke...

Then there's the problem that Macs aren't even very easy to game on. There are Mac versions of a lot of games, sure, but Macs weren't made for gaming. They're all still really strong when it comes to art, photography, video editing, and stuff like that. There are just so many preferential things and little niggling problems that make me not want to buy a Mac. And their attitude is the icing on the cake.

someone in the industry should stand up and make a standard for a universal adapter. Just like most smart phones use standard mini-usb for power/data adapter, apple use their own standard for iphone, and it makes it very expensive to replace a lost cable.

I wouldn't call they're stuff cheap alternative, I'd say its pretty decent and for it not being an Apple product but they should get shot down in court regardless ^^

Counterfeits are no cool, but 3rd party products are always a plus for consumers.

Pity that the US calls this a "design patent" and not "registered design" like some other countries. This confuses things with "real" patents.

Since the US does have the design patent system, and since the company should be able to produce an Apple compatible adaptor that doesn't infringe on the design, I think that Apple has a good case.

If it is counterfeiting, I hope they get burned out of existence. In the 3rd world we get caught with counterfeit products regularly - sold at just under the Apple premium price thus fooling people into thinking that it's genuine because the price isn't "too good to be true".

Indeed in the case of bad parts passing as apples is no good, but according to story writer you can't find any of the so called parts apple is suing for in any of their web sites, maybe they took them down after the initial sue.

Will keep repeating the same, I hope apple gets burned for this anyhow

Apple has problems when companies infringe their patents but what about when they do it? For instance the famous Iphone name is registered to another big company (it is not important who but if you are curious you ca google it).

I would agree with a lot of you and say that I hope apple gets burnt on this...but come on really? The other company is trying to pass there stuff off as genuine apple product. Developing a third party part thats way cheaper and advertising it as a third party part is great. Trying to play it off as a apple part is just wrong and apple has every right to be upset.

As for the Ford car comparisons that went on..Can I go to a junk yard and piece together my own car from who knows what, slap on a Ford logo and sell it as such? Or say I start a buisness and manufacture my own cars brand new, make them as close to looking like fords cars as I can and then sell them saying they're Fords?