Psystar Halts Sales Of Mac Clones

December 2, 2009

Psystar Halts Sales Of Mac Clones

Details of Psystar’s $2.675 million settlement with Apple have been revealed. To start with, Psystar has changed the status of all Mac OS X clones on its site to “Out of Stock”. Psystar has agreed to pay Apple damages for copyright infringement, breach of contract and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, while Apple has agreed to not refile claims on trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, trademark dilution, and state unfair competition and common law unfair competition. Despite that, Psystar is still selling its Rebel EFI product, which helps average citizens get Mac OS X installed on their computers. The Rebel EFI product lawsuit was filed in Florida, so we’ll have to see how that turns out.

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Latest Chinese fake iPhone steals only branding.

November 22, 2009

The latest Chinese trademark infringement of Apple branding is the new Apple Q300 Ultra, which uses the name "Apple," says "iPhone" right below the screen -- and even has the Apple logo on the outside of the case. The product itself, however, is unlike anything Apple has ever produced. It's an old-school clamshell device, rather than an all-screen touch phone. additionally interesting and objectionable is that the phone uses an operating system that has no Chinese-language capability, so that phone is built for export outside of China. (Props)

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