The Florida based Mac clone maker, Psystar, who had been brought to suit earlier this month by Apple, has retained the services of Carr & Ferrell, a California based law firm known for their intellectual property expertise that has beaten Apple before.
A filling issued on Monday, agreed upon by both Apple and Psystar, effectively stipulated an extension date of August 18th to respond to the lawsuit. Psystar originally had until Monday to respond to summons issued on July 8th.
Three attorneys from Carr & Ferrell, including partner Robert Yorio, Colby Springer and Christine Watson were listed on Monday’s stipulation. Both Yorio and Springer had been among the attorneys famously noted for representing California based Burst.com in their patent infringement case against Apple that eventually settled out of court for a sum of $10 million. Apple had agreed to pay Burst to license its patents on audio and video streaming.
“Psystar has a lot riding on the lawsuit, according to one prominent IP attorney. If the small computer maker loses the case and the court grants Apple’s requests for relief, Psystar will have to recall all the machines it’s sold with Mac OS X preinstalled. That, said Carole Handler, a partner in the IP department of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, two weeks ago, would probably put the clone maker out of business.”
Seeing as though Psystar will need all the help they can get, it only makes sense that they would retain the services of a firm that has already reigned triumphant over Apple. All I can say is good luck, as they will need to hope for lightning to strike twice in the same place. Many believe that the case is simply too cut and dry to amount to anything in favor of the Mac clone maker, but we will need wait to see what what the future has in store.
