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		<title>Psystar to Apple: Would You Consider $50,000 Cash and $2.65 Million in Unsold Hackintoshes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Paczkowski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this isn’t the end of the line for Psystar, it’s damn near close to it. According to court papers filed Tuesday, the Mac clone maker has opted to pay Apple $2.7 million in damages rather than continue its ill-starred legal battle with the company. That's quite a sum for Psystar, whose total assets, according to its bankruptcy filing, are no more than $50,000.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/files/2009/12/vultures-150x133.jpg" alt="vultures-150x133" title="vultures-150x133" width="150" height="133" class="alignright size-full wp-image-30055" /> If this isn&#8217;t the end of the line for Psystar, it&#8217;s damn near close to it. According to court papers filed Tuesday, <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/01/psystar_agrees_to_pay_apple_1_3m_in_settlement.html">the Mac clone maker has opted to pay $2.7 million in damages</a> rather than continue its <a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091201/pystar-annihilation-postponed/">ill-starred legal battle with Apple</a>. </p>
<p>Under the terms of the agreement, Psystar will pay Apple (AAPL) damages totaling $1,337,550 for all the copyright, DMCA, and breach of contract claims against it and another $1,337,500 in attorney fees and additional damages. In return, Apple will drop all its trademark, trade dress and unfair competition claims against Psystar. Cupertino has also agreed not to &#8220;seek to execute on the money judgments…until any and all appeals in this matter are concluded or the time for filing any such appeal has lapsed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Not that Apple is likely to collect that money, anyway. As <a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091125/apple-to-psystar-and-dont-get-any-bright-ideas-about-a-black-friday-sale-either/">I’ve noted here before</a>, Psystar’s total assets, according to its bankruptcy filing, are no more than $50,000.</p>
<p> The agreement if full, below.</p>
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		<title>Apple: Psyonara, Psystar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Paczkowski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psystar’s ill-starred crusade against Apple has ended in a total rout. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup on Friday dropped the hammer on the Mac clone maker, granting Apple’s request for a summary judgment and denying Psystar’s counterclaim.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/files/2009/11/steve_special.jpg" alt="steve_special" title="steve_special" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-full wp-image-29050" />Psystar’s ill-starred crusade against Apple has ended in a total rout. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup on Friday dropped the hammer on the Mac clone maker, <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091114101637997">granting Apple&#8217;s request for a summary judgment and denying Psystar&#8217;s counterclaim</a>. </p>
<p>&#8220;Psystar has violated Apple&#8217;s exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works,&#8221; Alsup wrote in his ruling (see full text below). Not only did the company infringe on Apple’s (AAPL) copyrights by installing Mac OS X on its hackintoshes, he explained, it violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to do so.</p>
<p>An ugly defeat for Psystar, which just a few weeks ago asked a judge to bless its business and rule that it is legally allowed to sell machines with Apple&#8217;s Mac OS X pre-installed. Still, it doesn’t mean that the acrimonious legal battle between the two companies is finished. Psystar could appeal, though Alsup’s ruling would seem to leave the company pretty far up that certain creek it’s been traveling lately&#8211;without a paddle. </p>
<p>There remain a number of accusations to be decided at trial, among them, Apple’s claims of  breach of contract, trademark infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition. Beyond these, there are the damages that will almost certainly be brought against Psystar on the copyright issues in the case. </p>
<p>&#8220;The court asked for briefs on that subject,&#8221; Pamela Jones notes over at Groklaw. &#8220;In short, Psystar is toast. Psystar&#8217;s only hope now is Florida, and frankly I wouldn&#8217;t bet the house on that one. Judges notice if you were just found guilty of a similar cause of action in another state.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Speaking of &quot;Destroying Competition,&quot; Meet Our Legal Team From Mortify, Debase and Demolish LLP</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Paczkowski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/files/2008/07/question.jpg" alt="" title="DWF15-1102519" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2777" /> Apple legal has some interesting weekend reading ahead of it. Mac clone maker <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2472">Psystar filed its 54-page countersuit against Apple</a> late Thursday, and <a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080827/psyonara/">as expected</a>, it accuses the company of restraint of trade, unfair competition, and other violations of antitrust law. &#8220;[Apple has] engaged in copyright misuse through the use of an illicit tying provision in its end-user license agreement for the Mac OS X with respect to only utilizing the Mac OS X software on Apple-Labeled Computer Hardware Systems and as is further detailed in PSYSTAR’s counterclaims for violations of the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, and Cartwright Act, which are incorporated herein by reference,&#8221; <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/images/psystar_answers_apple.pdf">the suit claims</a>. &#8220;By attempting to enforce this illicit tying provision, [Apple] is attempting to obtain, maintain, and/or enjoy rights not granted by the Copyright Act including, but not limited to, destroying competition in the Mac OS Capable Computer Hardware Systems market, which is wholly unrelated to any valid copyright.&#8221;</p>
<p>The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks unspecified, triple damages and, more importantly, an order voiding Apple&#8217;s end-user license agreements (EULA). If successful, it will allow OS X to be installed on hardware it was never intended to run on, opening the door for the first legitimate Mac clones in more than a decade. Hard to see Apple (AAPL) allowing that to happen, though. My guess is the company would sooner kill retail sales of OS X and manage upgrades through iTunes, than allow it to be run on inferior machines over whose quality it has no control.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/files/2008/07/question.jpg" alt="" title="DWF15-1102519" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2777" /> Apple legal has some interesting weekend reading ahead of it. Mac clone maker <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2472">Psystar filed its 54-page countersuit against Apple</a> late Thursday, and <a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080827/psyonara/">as expected</a>, it accuses the company of restraint of trade, unfair competition, and other violations of antitrust law. &#8220;[Apple has] engaged in copyright misuse through the use of an illicit tying provision in its end-user license agreement for the Mac OS X with respect to only utilizing the Mac OS X software on Apple-Labeled Computer Hardware Systems and as is further detailed in PSYSTAR’s counterclaims for violations of the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, and Cartwright Act, which are incorporated herein by reference,&#8221; <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/images/psystar_answers_apple.pdf">the suit claims</a>. &#8220;By attempting to enforce this illicit tying provision, [Apple] is attempting to obtain, maintain, and/or enjoy rights not granted by the Copyright Act including, but not limited to, destroying competition in the Mac OS Capable Computer Hardware Systems market, which is wholly unrelated to any valid copyright.&#8221;</p>
<p>The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks unspecified, triple damages and, more importantly, an order voiding Apple&#8217;s end-user license agreements (EULA). If successful, it will allow OS X to be installed on hardware it was never intended to run on, opening the door for the first legitimate Mac clones in more than a decade. Hard to see Apple (AAPL) allowing that to happen, though. My guess is the company would sooner kill retail sales of OS X and manage upgrades through iTunes, than allow it to be run on inferior machines over whose quality it has no control. </p>
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