Judge Dismisses Psystar's Anti-Trust Counterclaim Agains

Judge Dismisses Psystar's Anti-Trust Counterclaim Against Apple

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/judge-dismisses-psystars-anti-trust-counterclaim-against-apple/

A California judge has dismissed a counterclaim from Psystar which asserted that Apple was violating federal and state anti-trust laws in limiting the sale and use of Mac OS X on Apple branded computers..

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But in a 19-page order passed down on Tuesday, Judge William Alsup largely reject Psystar's claims and granted Apple's motion to have the countersuit thrown out of court should the clone maker not better its argument through an amended complaint that can be filed no later than Monday December 8th.

AppleInsider notes that Psytar attempted to define a "Mac OS market" in which Apple held a monopoly. Apple, of course, successfully disputed this definition of a "market" with which the judge agreed.

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"Apple asks its customers to purchase Mac OS knowing that it is to be used only with Apple computers," he wrote. "It is certainly entitled to do so."

Psystar is a small company which sells a Mac clone using off-the-shelf PC parts and a modified version of Mac OS X Leopard. Apple sued Psystar over these products and that case is still pending.

good for apple

yep, looking bad for prystar

you never know, but this did hurt psystar

yep, but it didn't like totally destroy them

nah

it least this is sorted out

yep

at least apple doesn't have to really worry about prystar much anymore

nope

which is somewhat good

what are you talking about? there is still a lawsuit going on