Apple's demand that a Mac clone maker recall computers because the company installed on the machines may be an extreme measure, but it's hardly unprecedented, an intellectual property attorney said Friday. "It would be extreme because it would likely put Psystar out of business, but it's not a remedy that's coming out of the blue. It's not completely without precedent," said Carole Handler, a partner in the intellectual property (IP) department of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon. Handler is best known for her work on a case involving Marvel Enterprises that, among other things, established protection for copyrighted characters in online games and returned the movie rights to the Spiderman character to the company. Earlier this month, Apple Psystar Corp. with multiple copyright, trademark, breach-of-contract and unfair...
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