A few weeks ago, we heard the unfortunate news that Sanho, creators of HyperMac, were being forced to stop selling the MacBook charging cable that makes their HyperMac products so useful, as a result of a legal battle with Apple. Well, that day has come. Today is the last day you’ll be able to buy both the HyperMac battery and the MacBook charging cable that allows you to charge your MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air from the external battery.

Last call for anyone not satisfied with the battery life of their MacBook. Sanho Corporation has announced they’ll be ceasing sales of HyperMac MacBook charging cables and car adapters on November 2nd, 2010 as a result of their recent legal battle with Apple. You’ll still be able to purchase a HyperMac battery after the cut-off date, but you won’t be able to buy the cable that makes it useful for a MacBook.

The what-seems-like-forever 17 month case by Apple against Psystar attempting to sell PCs pre-installed with Mac OS X may have just come to an end. As a result of selling 786 PCs with Mac OS X pre-installed without Apple’s authorization, Psystar will be paying about $1.3 million in damages for copyright infringement, breach of contract and violation of the DMCA, plus an additional $1,337,500 in other damages and legal fees.

Pivotal, makers of the Podium iPhone stand, received a cease and desist letter last week from Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP (not to be confused with J. and Crew or 2 and Live and Crew) on behalf of Apple regarding Pivotal’s use of the name Podium, which Apple feels is infringing upon their trademark rights. And hey, guess what we’re giving away again this week?

In a lawsuit filed by Typhoon Touch last Monday, Apple, Inc.—along with ten other companies—were implicated in the proceedings. The lawsuit was focused on Dell, but Apple, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Lenovo, Panasonic, HTC, Palm, Samsung, Nokia, and LG were all mentioned. The lawsuit involves patents filed by Typhoon Touch, specifically numbers 5,379,057 (“Touch Screen and Computer more »