May 26th, 2009
by Arik Hesseldahl.
The Mac Observer informs that Psystar, the Miami-based outfit that has been selling computers not made by Apple, but which are enabled to run Mac OS X, has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11.
You’ll remember that Apple has sued Pystar in a federal court in California claiming, among other things, copyright infringement and violation of the Mac OS X licensing agreement, which prevents the installation of the software on anything other than an Apple-made computer.
The bankruptcy filing came on May 21, three days after the May 18 deadline a federal Judge William Alsup, the judge hearing the copyright infringement case, had imposed upon Psystar to disclose a set of financial documents sought by Apple as part of the discovery process. As far as I can tell from reading the docket in that case, those documents have not yet been produced as evidence. The bankruptcy filing will no doubt slow the process down considerably.
I looked through Psystar’s filing and found its schedule of debts. Its biggest creditor appears to be co-founder Rodolfo Pedraza, who loaned the company $120,000, or nearly half of the $247,000 the outfit claims it owes creditors. You can find the list of creditors on page 4 of this filing here.
The next interesting step in the strange story of Psystar will be a hearing in the bankruptcy case scheduled for June 5, where its equity creditors will supposedly be revealed. TMO wonders, at Apple’s suggestion
