Apple and clone maker Psystar back in court

Apple will soon meet Mac clone maker Psystar in court again, despite Psystar's bankruptcy filing.

Psystar was awarded a stay after it filed for bankruptcy at the end of May, meaning that the court case would have to go on hold until the bankruptcy application had made its way through the courts.

Florida Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert A. Mark, has now lifted the stay. This means Apple is able to continue to pursue its copyright infringement case against the Mac clone maker.

Apple made the case for the stay to be lifted, noting that Psystar filed for bankruptcy after a motion was granted asking Psystar to give Apple additional documents, writes Macworld alumni Jim Dalrymple for cnet.

Psystar first made news in April 2008, when it starting selling Mac clones with Apple's Leopard operating system preinstalled. Apple began the legal wrangling when it accused Psystar of copyright and software licensing violations, and Psystar struck back with a countersuit that charged Apple with, among other things, antitrust violations. Those claims were tossed out by US District Court Judge William Alsup last November.

The lawsuits were put on hold while the bankruptcy case works it way through the court. Alsup ordered the stay in early June 2009.