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Apple piles on Psystar, wins trademark suit

In yet another new facet to this already-draining legal battle surrounding Psystar's sales of non-Apple hardware that runs Mac OS X, Apple has amended its original suit after it discovered "additional information," according to Computerworld.

Apple now claims Psystar circumvented Apple's copyright protection code, in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Apple said in its original filing that Psystar was in violation of the Mac OS X End-User License Agreement, but tacked on this additional charge last week.

The amendment also names 10 "John Does" -- persons who were not part of the Psystar company, but broke the copyright protection scheme. Apple doesn't know who they are yet, but plans to name names when its lawyers find out who they are.

In other Apple legal news, Apple won a trademark infringement case in China against New Apple Concept Digital Technology Co., Ltd., based in Shenzen. Judges decided that the Chinese company had a logo too similar to Apple's. New Ap -- aw, eff it -- NACDTCL was ordered to pay 400,000 yuan (≈ US$58,000) to Apple, Inc.

[Via Cult of Mac.]



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colouroflight

Psystar is lame, but does anyone really give a crap about EULAs?

December 02 2008 at 9:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JScott

Hooray for misleading titles!

December 02 2008 at 8:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
conigs

Aside: is tuaw still using exit ads? I just clicked on Robert's possible infringing logo and was hit with an Ozzie/Samsung ad.

December 02 2008 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ben

It's too bad that Psystar is ruining it for everyone.

I think the community sort of expected it.

December 02 2008 at 2:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KeynoteKen

I wasn't expecting this, but it makes sense. There are lots of things that aren't worth going after until someone tries to make a profit.

December 02 2008 at 1:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bricknhymr

I love that the ad that I got from google in the reader was for a "Used Apple" from Psystar

December 02 2008 at 1:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ROFISH@kc.rr.com

I'm all for the Apple to sell their OS in any way they like. If they don't want beige boxes, then all the power to them. It's not like they're obligated like some people feel that they should do.

However anything involving the DMCA and copyright protection is just wrong. It's one thing to make money, but it's another for a bored hobby hacker to do something just because they can.

December 02 2008 at 1:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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ROFISH@kc.rr.com

Whoops, can somebody delete my email address from the name?

December 02 2008 at 1:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Allan

A trademark suit about a logo and no pic of said offending logo?

December 02 2008 at 1:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Robert Palmer

I think this is it, but am not 100 percent certain:
http://bit.ly/P4IP

December 02 2008 at 1:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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