16 Jul

Apple sues Mac clone maker Psystar for copyright infringement

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Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Psystar, claiming the Florida-based company violated its copyright and software licensing agreements. Psystar began selling a Mac clone in April despite the fact that Apple’s Mac OS X licensing agreement forbids companies other than Apple to do so.

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“We take it very seriously when we believe people have stolen our intellectual wealth,” said an Apple spokesperson.

However, a Psystar employee identified sole as Robert has previously said that Apple’s terms disobey U.S. monopoly laws and said that Apple grossly overcharges for its hardware.

However Psystar’s feels about the legality of Apple’s licensing agreement, the company be pleased be seized of to defend its cause in court, and that may be difficult.

“If I license a part to you, and say you can only exercise it in a certain manner and you breach that—it is in fact copyright infringement,” M. Kelly Tillery, a lawyer at Pepper Hamilton LLP in Philadelphia, told Macworld.

Tillery also said it is not uncommon for a company to take its time before launching a lawsuit of this nature. “You do a proper investigation in front of you go to court,” said Tillery. “If it’s not going to cause reputable damage, you want to bewitch your present life and carry into effect it right.”