- Psystar Corp. can continue its counter suit against Apple Inc. over the debate of whether or not the “HackAMack” company can continue to sell it’s computers preloaded with Mac OS X software said a Judge on Friday.
- Although they lost the battle over suing Apple for anti-trust in November, Psystar’s countersuit instead argues that Apple has stretched copyright laws by tying the Mac operating system to its hardware. If Psystar proves that Apple abused copyright laws, some of Apple’s charges against the company will be overturned.
- This has the potential to be a cutting blow to Apple and it’s future as an OEM. It would mean other manufacturers would then be free to follow in Psystar’s footsteps, letting anyone (on a case by case basis) to sell machines with Apple software loaded up.
- Apple must answer the counter suit within 20 days. Don’t expect anything to happen quickly, the case is currently scheduled to begin trial on Nov. 9 in order to allow both companies to head into discovery phase.
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