A hearing was held today on Psystar's Motion for Leave to file its First Amended Counterclaims. The issues to be heard by the Court had been the subject of a four-part series over the past week here at World of Apple.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
So what happened? The only thing known right now for certain is that the Judge did not rule from the Bench but instead took the Motion under Submission. There are time frames provided for decisions on such motions in the Local Rules for the Northern District of California as follows:
7-13. Notice Regarding Submitted Matters.
Whenever any motion or other matter has been under submission for more than 120 days, a party, individually or jointly with another party, may file with the Court pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1 a notice that the matter remains under submission. If judicial action is not taken, subsequent notices may be filed at the expiration of each 120-day period thereafter until a ruling is made.
My guess is (sheerly a guess from my own experience) that the Judge is waiting to see if the case settles at the scheduled mediation on January 31, 2009. Once I find out anything for certain, I will report it here. I really doubt that the Judge is going to leave this motion hanging out there for the time frames mentioned in the Local Rules.