InternetPsyStar Strikes Back at Apple

Blistering counterclaim to Apple's suit by the Mac cloner.

As expected, upstart PsyStar responded to Apple's copyright infringement suit with a counterclaim of its own Thursday, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. PsyStar's counterclaim charges Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) with restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law. PsyStar's counterclaim seeks unspecified compensation and "a declaration as to APPLE'S illicit behavior." Doral, Fla.-based PsyStar's law firm held a press conference earlier this week in Palo Alto, Calif., where it issued a statement charging Apple with anti-competitive tactics. The law firm, Carr & Ferrell, is based in Palo Alto. Apple said it had no comment on PsyStar's filing. Earlier this week, when asked about PsyStar's statement and expectation of a counterclaim, an Apple spokesperson repeated the statement issued at the time of its own suit against the smaller company: "We take it very seriously when we believe people have stolen our intellectual property." Contrary to Apple's claim of copyright infringement, PsyStar's counterclaim notes that each of its OpenComputer systems ship with a legitimately purchased retail copy of Mac OS X. Apple doesn't license its OS to run on other computers, but PsyStar said it uses open source-licensed code, including code licensed under Apple's own public source license, to allow its computers to run the MAC OS. "Issues related to fair use of various intellectual properties by PsyStar also... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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