Filing details Apple's complaint against Psystar

Apple says Psystar knowingly violated its copyrights and license agreements and induced customers who bought the OS X-running Open Computer to do the same. Because of that and the resulting damage that Apple alleges is being done to its brand, it's asking the U.S. District Court for a permanent injunction that would bar Psystar from selling any more hardware with Apple software. And it wants Psystar to recall every Mac clone sold.

Those details are contained in the complaint Apple filed with the U.S. District Court's Northern District of California. Apple filed its suit against Psystar on July 3, though word of the legal action first came to light earlier this week.

Now the text of Apple's complaint is available online. (You can download it for a modest fee.) And the 35-page filing--a 16-page complaint plus 19 more pages of evidence--offers some insight into the basis of Apple's allegations and the arguments it plans on making in court.

Miami-based Psystar announced in April that it would sell PCs capable of running Mac OS X. Customers could order the desktop--originally called Open Mac but later renamed Open Computer--and install OS X themselves, though Psystar, which charges US$155 to install the OS itself, encouraged customers to order hardware with OS X 10.5 preinstalled. In June, the company added a cloned version of Apple's Xserve to its offerings.

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