Interesting turn of events in the Apple-Psystar spat. The Mac clone maker has hired a new law firm in its battle against Apple’s copyright-infringement suit. Why? “Psystar has always been more a Cowboy than a Hippie,” the company said. “Now we’ve changed lawyers to better reflect who we are.”
Interesting turn of events in the Apple-Psystar spat. The unauthorized Mac clone maker has filed for bankruptcy. Seems Psystar’s acrimonious legal battle with Apple and the souring economy have had a deleterious effect on its finances.
Score one for Psystar. The unauthorized Mac clone maker has won the right to continue its countersuit against Apple. In an order signed last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ruled that Psystar–whose antitrust complaint against Apple was tentatively dismissed last year–can refocus that complaint around copyright misuse.
In its last legal salvo against Psystar, Apple suggested the Mac clone maker was backed by a silent third party or two. And at this point it better be, because there’s going to be hell to pay when Apple legal is through with it, regardless of how Psystar revises its original complaint.
Psystar’s ideological crusade against Apple is fast turning into a boondoggle for the Mac clone maker. On Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed Psystar’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple and with it, one of the company’s last remaining chances to stay in business peddling PCs with Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard preinstalled, an apparent violation of Apple’s software license agreement.
Mac clone maker Psystar isn’t letting its uncertain future undermine its product road map. Though embroiled in a nasty legal spat with Apple over the legality of its use of Mac OS X in its Open Computer, Psystar this week defiantly began shipping Mac clones with both Blu-ray drives and GeForce 9800GT video cards, neither of which is available in official Macs.
Apple legal has some interesting weekend reading ahead of it. Mac clone maker Psystar filed its 54-page countersuit against Apple late Thursday and, as expected, it accuses the company of restraint of trade, unfair competition, and other violations of antitrust law.
After twice failing to meet a deadline to formally respond to Apple’s charge that its OpenMacComputer Mac clones violate Apple copyrights, Psystar has finally answered Apple’s July 3 lawsuit–with one of its own. On Tuesday the company filed paperwork for a countersuit that accuses Apple of tying its OS to its hardware in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Psystar, which made headlines back in April for its $399 “OpenMac” Mac clone, is making headlines again today–in law-related media. Apple has filed suit against the Florida company alleging violations of its shrink-wrap license, trademark and copyright.
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