The fight between Psystar — maker of "Hackintoshes," or Mac clones — and Apple has been mostly settled.
The sides announced in court papers (Apple.pdf) (Psystar.pdf) yesterday and today a partial settlement with Psystar agreeing to a $2.7 million judgment.
The dispute centered around whether Psystar can sell its cheap computers loaded with Mac’s operating systems. Apple claimed it was a copyright violation, while Psystar claimed that Apple is cornering the market on Mac software by only allowing it to be used on Macs. Those antitrust claims didn't go so well.
The judgment will be entered against Psystar on copyright infringement and breach of contract. Although the two sides are still fighting about an injunction.
The winning lawyer? Townsend and Townsend and Crew chairman Jim Gilliland. The loser? Kiwi Camara, who is famous for having lost the first file sharing case to go to jury (update: sorta; see first comment below).
— Zusha Elinson
Kiwi Camara did not "los[e] the first file sharing case to go to jury." He represented Jammie Thomas-Rasset in her second trial. In the first (which Thomas-Rasset also lost), her attorney was Brian Toder: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/10/verdict-is-in.ars
Posted by: Ben Sheffner | December 01, 2009 at 06:59 PM
Ouch, sometimes it doesn't pay to mess with the titan in the industry.
Posted by: Disability Insurance | December 02, 2009 at 10:27 AM