Apple wants to end Psystar lawsuit over Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Just last week, Apple asked the federal judge of the US state of Florida to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Psystar in August, accusing it of illegally restricting Mac OS X Snow Leopard to the computers it produces. As the clone maker has already lost a fight in San Francisco and was found guilty of violating her rival's copyright, the lawsuit that started three months ago may become an even bigger problem, but for her own.

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In the request sent to judge William Hoeveler on the matter, Apple tries to convince him that the lawsuit filed by Psystar in Florida is another way of raising the same issues denied by the SF court at the beginning of the month, when the clone maker lost on judgment of the case. If her allegations are the same in both cases, there is no longer a need for Hoeveler to keep the issue of the two companies in court.

In addition, Apple contested the charges that Psystar made when it started the fight in Florida. Without going too far into the documents sent to the judge, she has a chance to convince him that the Mac OS X technology in question in both cases is the same, ruling out the possibility that the San Francisco trial will only cover Mac OS X Leopard.

Although hundreds of features and even other technologies have been added to Mac OS X since 2001, the essence of its existence and the way it is exclusive to Apple computers has not changed in the last eight years. Therefore, Ma declares that Psystar should not be free to use any version of this operating system, whether current or under development.

While that Apple request ascertained by Judge Hoeveler, more phases of the California process still lie ahead. Her final judgment is still scheduled for 2010, and in 15 days Judge William Alsup hears an injunction made against Psystar: if accepted, she will not be able to sell any more computers with Mac OS X installed, besides being forced to pay $ 2.1 million to its rival.

(via InfoWorld)