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Apple and Psystar Suit Moving Towards “Alternative Dispute Resolution”
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... "Sometimes a judge will strongly urge the parties to enter into voluntary ADR, " the Mac Observer explains. “An attorney, who is following the case and wishes to remain anonymous, told TMO on Thursday that he discovered that the ADR process has been initiated and both parties have agreed to it. ‘ADR is a private process whereby both parties can meet and work out a resolution in lieu of going to trial,’ he said. ‘Exactly why this has happened is not known at this point.’” ...
Apple, Psystar agree to dispute resolution process
CNET News - Apple —
... Apple and Psystar have agreed to pursue a mediated settlement to their legal dispute over Psystar's Open Computers.
The Mac Observer turned up a court filing from ...
Apple and Psystar to settle things with alternative dispute resolution, not tridents and hatchets
Engadget —
... is a private process where both parties meet outside of a trial in order to reach some sort of agreement, though we imagine the outcome will be pretty public depending on Psystar's ability / inability to continue fulfilling orders. We're told that the process will get going before February of 2009, and the full fling (PDF) with the US district court in the Northern District of California is linked below if you've suddenly found yourself with entirely too much free time. [Via The Mac Observer]Read | Permalink | Email this ...
Apple and Psystar: "We can work it out!"
MacUser —
... According to documents filed in the Northern District of California court and acquired by the folks at The Mac Observer, Apple and its arch-nemesis Psystar have agreed to partake in Alternative Dispute Resolution—or, to laypeople such as you and me, the legal equivalent of couples therapy. Resolutions from ADR are non-binding (though, as one commenter points out below, only if both parties agree that the resolution is non-binding), meaning that after the whole thing is said and done, the two parties could agree to disagree and return to court. It’s also an ...
Apple, Psystar strike a deal
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Apple Corporate CNET and The Mac Observer noted a legal filing on Friday that suggested Apple and Psystar were looking to bypass the normal lawsuit process and enter a phase of private arbitration and mediation.
The filing notes that Apple and Psystar will participate in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process, a way to keep legal costs down -- and the outcome private. For famously secretive Apple, this agreement seems right up their alley.
The agreement means the two companies will enter non-binding ...
Towards an amicable agreement between Apple and Psystar
HardMac.com —
According to The Mac Observer quoting a "an attorney close to the case", Apple and Psystar will negotiate amicably in order to regulate their differences ...
Apple and Psystar agree to settle out of court
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
[image] Both parties in the Apple vs. Psystar case have agreed to resolve outside of court, in lieu of a trial. The case will still require several months, but the outcome could simply result in a negotiated settlement. Last April, Psystar challenged Apple to bring a lawsuit against the company for purportedly packaging hacked versions of Mac OS X on custom built machines. Apple complained that the company violated OS X’s end-user license agreement, but Psystar simply struck back with a counter-suit alleging that Apple’s end-user agreement actually defies monopoly laws. The ...
