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Would-be ‘Mac cloner’ Psystar claims Apple failed to copyright Mac OS X
MacDailyNews —
... in San Francisco, as part of its response to Apple's latest charges of copyright infringement," McDougall reports. "Last month, a judge rejected Psystar's counterclaim -- leading Psystar to file revised claims. Psystar is now asking the judge overseeing the case to declare Apple's Mac OS copyrights invalid," McDougall reports. "In court filings, Apple has said it believes Psystar is backed by a silent third party that's presumably seeking to enter the Mac market." Full article here .
Psystar claims Apple has invalid Mac OS X copyright
AppleInsider —
... was filed last week in the Northern District of California San Francisco court playing home to the legal entanglement. In its new submission, the Florida-based PC builder argues that Apple's complaint should be tossed outright as Apple didn't use proper procedures to register the copyright for Mac OS X. Without that copyright, the Mac maker is "prohibited from bringing action" against Psystar for ...
Psystar's lawyers take another hit, say Apple didn't copyright OS X
Engadget —
... It's official -- Psystar's "hotshot law firm" of Carr and Ferrell is desperate. Their latest brief on behalf of the wannabe Mac clonemaker says that Apple's copyright infringement and DMCA claims against Psystar are invalid because Steve and company ...
Running Out of Options, Psystar Challenges OS X Copyrights [Lawsuits]
Gizmodo —
... And here we are. It looks like Psystar—who is now apparently taking legal advice from anonymous Gizmodo commenters—knew that challenging Apple's copyright was pretty much their only hope. A faint hope, it's safe to say. [InformationWeek via ...
New Psystar filing full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Infinite Loop —
... , Psystar continues to deny it is violating any law and that Apple has no legal standing to sue Psystar for selling unlicensed copies of Mac OS X. Unfortunately, Psystar's answer to Apple's amended complaint also denies a few facts, as well. Psystar's recent filing has, among its innumerable denials and 42 affirmative defenses, logical fallacies and denials of facts which can be readily proven with the most basic research. For example, Psystar outright says that Apple lacks copyrights for Mac OS X 10.5 and failed to register the OS with the US Copyright Office. A quick ...
Psystar (Incorrectly) Claims Apple Failed to Copyright Mac OS X
The Mac Observer —
... non-Apple-branded hardware. While Psystar countersued with a claim that Apple had a monopoly on Macs, that countersuit was dismissed by the judge in its entirety. The latest filing is in answer to Apple's Amended Complaint, in which Apple added the DMCA-violation complaint to the suit. Psystar's newest gambit is to get the copyright violation aspect of the suit thrown out on the grounds that Apple doesn't own a copyright to Mac OS X in the first place. According to an InformationWeek report , Psystar claimed in court documents that Apple, "is prohibited from bringing action ...
