The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Apple Inc’s challenge to an appellate court decision that it conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices, meaning it will...Continue reading
Category: Appeal
The Authors Guild Files Supreme Court Appeal in Google Books Case
The Authors Guild has suffered defeat at every stage of their decade-old legal battle over Google’s book-scanning project, including losing an appeal in October, but that hasn’t stayed their resolve....Continue reading
Quelle Surprise: ABA, B&N, And Other Mice Ask US Supreme Court to Bell the Cat
Following last week’s news that the USSC was accepting amicus briefs related to Apple’s ebook antitrust appeal, the usual collection of Amazon-haters, has-beens, and the second-rate have spoken up in...Continue reading
US Supreme Court Extends DoJ Deadline in Apple Antitrust Case
Apple’s inevitable victory over the inimicable US Department of Justice has been put on hold. An update to the US Supreme Court website reveals that the USSC has extended the...Continue reading
Apple to Appeal Its eBook Price-Fixing Case to the Supreme Court
Despite having lost at every stage, Apple is not willing to give up on the ebook antitrust lawsuit it lost in 2013. Fortune reports that Apple will be filing an appeal...Continue reading
Whether Apple Wins or Loses Their Appeal, The Consumer Still Comes Out Ahead
With the Amazon-Hachette dispute settled and DBW not happening until next month, there’s a shortage of fireworks in the digital publishing industry at the moment. Apple’s brief hearing today helped...Continue reading
Appeals Court Overturns GSU Library Fair Use Case – But For Good Reasons
A key fair use ruling was overturned a couple days ago, but you won’t find me crying into my bran flakes this morning. Copyright Librarian and Techdirt reported on Friday that the 11th...Continue reading
Conan Doyle Estate Asks Supreme Court to Remove Sherlock Holmes from Public Domain
In what could be the preface for the key copyright ruling of 2015, lawyers for the estate of the long deceased Arthur Conan Doyle filed an appeal before the US...Continue reading
Apple Loses Latest Bid to Stall eBook Antitrust Trial
In a decision which comes as a surprise to no one, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday against Apple’s appeal to delay the damages phase of the...Continue reading
Two Economists File Pro-Apple Brief in eBook Antitrust Case
When Apple’s ebook antitrust lawsuit went to trial last summer, some argued that Apple was merely acting in their own best interest and that the judge didn’t understand the economics...Continue reading