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Straightening Out Some Silly Stuff Being Written About Apple v. Psystar

By Pamela Jones et al.

All right. I wanted to goof off yesterday, but the amount of silly stories about the Apple v. Psystar case drove me to do some real digging and then write an article to try to tell you the real story.

Here is the bottom line. Neither party is running and hiding from an open court. Neither party has given up or given in or decided to settle. It was the judge that sent the parties to ADR. Alternate Dispute Resolution, or ADR, is a process that the US District Court for the Northern District of California pushes in civil cases. They recommend it, but it doesn't block the litigation from going forward. It's also not binding on the parties. And it's not necessarily secret if an agreement is reached. Which I doubt. I will show you the details on how it works.

Here's the latest, by the way: Psystar had just filed a Memorandum in Opposition to Apple's Motion to Dismiss Psystar's counterclaims. The hearing on that will be on November 6. So. Onward.

Full post as published by Groklaw on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).