Even worse, the defendant has repeatedly defrauded Apple by getting them to send him free replacement components while never sending in the original, damaged components.  Later, these replacement units would be sold at a discount, apparently costing Apple in excess of $75K.

Additionally, the iPodMechanic was so uncouth as to replace out of warrantly iPods' cases with those that were still covered by the warranty period, fooling Apple into fixing the units for free, so as not to have to pay the cost of the repair parts himself.

While he's clearly very creative, defrauding both Apple and your customers is a pretty bad way to do business and a sure way to a terrible reputation.  I suspect the suit is less about the trademark misuse as much as the fraudulent behavior which directly costs Apple money (and consumers, as well) and is much easier to quantify than trademark concerns.

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The HDTV unit includes several other nifty features, such as the ability to control iPod playback via the remote, which replicals the iPod control wheel.  Video can be played at a variety of modesand the HDTV includes a veritable cornucopia of inputs - 3 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, SPDIF, and analog outputs.  These new models should start selling in August.

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1. Connect your iPod to your computer via the USB cable
2. Open My Computer
3. Right Click on your iPod
4. Select Eject

This way, instead of staring at the annoying "Do Not Disconnect" flashing on the screen, you can continue to listen to the iPod while it charges, as the Eject command tells the computer to stop using the device, but doesn't de-energize the USB port like using "Safely Remove Hardware" does.  Keep in mind this won't work with the iPod Shuffle as they charge via the headphone jack instead.

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Per How much money goes to China for every China assembled ipod, here are the figures from an upcoming TedKoppel special on the Discovery Channel.

Here is a breakdown of the costs:

Hard drive (Toshiba) $73
Display module $20
Processor $8
Contoller chip $5
Distribution costs $75
China assembly cost $4
Apple’s Profit $80

The special, "Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism" will air July 9th on the Discovery Channel and should be a pretty interesting thing to watch.

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