1. Psystar to fight on?
(IT Industry/Strategy)

... generic parts and selling them with retail copies of Mac OS X, was beaten in court by Apple and then lost almost all its arguments on appeal. The only issue returned to the lower court was the matter of ...

2. Psystar loses appeal against Apple verdict
(IT Industry/Strategy)

Mac cloner Psystar has lost its appeal against a key aspect of the Apple v Psystar decision. Using licence terms to tie the use of software to a particular manufacturer's hardware is not copyright abuse. ...

3. Psystar: It's dead, Steve
(IT Industry/Strategy)

Apple has succeeded in gaining a permanent injunction against Mac clonemaker Psystar from selling computers with any version of OS X installed. The court also declined to exclude Rebel EFI, Psystar's software ...

4. Psystar claims 'partial settlement' with Apple, asks to keep selling software
(IT Industry/Market)

The Mac clonemaker, which has been locked in legal battle with Apple for more than a year, has told the court that the two companies have reached an agreement on damages. At the same time, Psystar claims ...

5. Apple requests permanent injunction against Psystar
(IT Industry/Strategy)

Following up on its sweeping victory over Mac clonemaker Psystar on copyright infrigement, Apple has asked the court to permanently enjoin Psystar from selling its products. The year-and-a-half-old ...

6. Psystar loses big in court
(IT Industry/Strategy)

A California court has rendered summary judgments in favor of Apple and against Mac clonemaker Psystar on several counts of copyright infringement. Several issues remain to be tried, though, and the ruling ...

7. No Mac OS X 10.6.2 for Atom netbooks
(Opinion and Analysis/Core Dump)

Rumours are circulating that the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6.2 update will prevent the use of Apple's operating system on hardware based on Intel's Atom processors. While the use of Mac OS X on non-Apple ...

8. Psystar takes on Apple again with Rebel EFI Snow Leopard installer
(IT Industry/Development)

... on other vendors' hardware. Psystar came to wide public attention when it began selling PCs with Mac OS X preinstalled. It came to Apple's attention too, resulting in legal action alleging ...

9. Psystar to license cloning technology
(IT Industry/Strategy)

... itself against Apple lawsuits since July 2008. Apple claims that the OS X license forbids third parties to install it on non-Apple computers, and Psystar argues that the license's terms permit its ...

10. Apple accuses Psystar of destroying evidence
(IT Industry/Strategy)

In its latest move in its suit against the Mac clone maker, Apple has alleged that Psystar destroyed evidence it was legally required to preserve. Apple has been in court with Psystar for more than ...

11. Psystar set to leave Chapter 11
(IT Industry/Strategy)

... as Apple's suit alleging copyright and other violations) is automatically stayed. Apple successfully applied for the stay to be listed, allowing its case to proceed. Psystar previously responded to ...

12. Apple v Psystar back on track
(Business IT/Technology)

The Bankruptcy Court handling Psystar's Chapter 11 application has given the go-ahead for Apple's case against the cloner. When Psystar applied for Chapter 11 protection from its creditors, Apple's ...

13. Apple seeks go-ahead for action against Psystar
(Business IT/Technology)

Apple has asked a court to allow its case against Psystar to proceed, despite the cloner's application for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Apple has been pursuing Psystar for various alleged ...

14. Another Mac clonemaker on the horizon
(IT Industry/Strategy)

... just south of Pasadena in the Los Angeles area. Quo's computers will have Mac OS X preinstalled, which is exactly what got now-bankrupt clonemaker Psystar in trouble with Apple. Apple's licensing ...

15. Mac clonemaker files for bankruptcy
(Your IT/Home IT)

...  Installing OS X on non-Apple hardware is a violation of Apple's OS license, and by July the company had taken Psystar to court. In return, Psystar countersued Apple, claiming that the licensing ...

16. Psystar debuts new Mac clone
(Your IT/Home IT)

Despite ongoing wrangles in court with Apple computer, upstart OS X-based computer manufacturer Psystar has introduced a new desktop model. Psystar's the company that, back in April 2008, started selling ...

17. Psystar takes a round off Apple in Mac clone court case
(Opinion and Analysis/Core Dump)

Psystar has achieved a small but potentially significant win in its legal scrap with Apple. The Mac 'cloner' has been granted leave by US District Judge William Alsup to amend its counterclaims. First, ...

18. EFiX Mac clone aborted amid legal concerns
(Opinion and Analysis/Core Dump)

... use of Mac OS X on a non-Apple PC. Late last week, news emerged that EFiX USA planned to offer a range of PCs name Millennium that would be based on hardware similar to that used by Apple and with ...

19. Psystar alleges copyright misuse by Apple
(Opinion and Analysis/Core Dump)

Mac cloner Psystar has squeezed ahead of a court-imposed deadline to amend its counterclaims against Apple after having its original countersuit tossed out of court. Apple's original suit against Psystar ...

20. Apple adds DMCA allegations to Psystar suit
(Opinion and Analysis/Core Dump)

Apple has beefed up its complaint against Mac 'cloner' Psystar by alleging a breach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). But does Apple understand the DMCA? Earlier this year, Psystar ...