Mac cloner Psystar claims it’s nothing but an independent Florida-based startup, despite Apple’s suspicions of a conspiracy.
Apple
has been in legal battle with Psystar for several months, and recently
the corporation said it believes the Mac cloner is receiving help from
other parties — possibly corporations.
"Psystar denies that
said activities are unlawful and improper," Psystar said in its
response. "Psystar likewise denies the suggestion that there exists a
concerted effort to commit infringement of Apple’s intellectual
property rights, to breach or induce the breach of Apple’s otherwise
unenforceable license agreements, and to violate state and common law
unfair competition laws."
Psystar in April began selling a PC
hacked to run Mac OS X Leopard — a Mac clone — and the company has since added
several Hackintoshes to its product line. Apple in July filed a lawsuit claiming Psystar was committing copyright, trademark and shrink-wrap infringement.
Apple’s lawsuit against Psystar wasn’t enough to scare off other companies that later arose to offer similar Mac clones. The army of Mac cloners was largely driven by Apple’s switch to Intel chips, which made its operating system easier to hack to run on other non-Mac, Intel machines.
See Also:
- Apple Cries Corporate Conspiracy Behind Psystar
- Psystar: Blu-Ray Hackintosh for Sale; MacBook Clones on the Way
- Psystar Tags Back Apple With Antitrust Suit
- Psystar Offers Cloned OS X Servers
- Apple Finally Sues Mac Copycat Psystar
- Apple Demands That Psystar Recalls All Hackintoshes
Psystar: No conspiracy against Apple [ComputerWorld]
Photo: Psystar
