Appeal

Apple is On the Hook for the $450m Settlement after Supreme Court Rejects Apple’s eBook Conspiracy Appeal

7 March, 2016 // 26 Comments

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 have to pay [Read More ...]

The Authors Guild Files Supreme Court Appeal in Google Books Case

31 December, 2015 // 1 Comment

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. [Read More ...]

Quelle Surprise: ABA, B&N, And Other Mice Ask US Supreme Court to Bell the Cat

3 December, 2015 // 4 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

US Supreme Court Extends DoJ Deadline in Apple Antitrust Case

23 November, 2015 // 4 Comments

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 filing deadline for all [Read More ...]

Apple to Appeal Its eBook Price-Fixing Case to the Supreme Court

17 September, 2015 // 13 Comments

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 to the Supreme Court. On [Read More ...]

Whether Apple Wins or Loses Their Appeal, The Consumer Still Comes Out Ahead

15 December, 2014 // 19 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

Appeals Court Overturns GSU Library Fair Use Case – But For Good Reasons

19 October, 2014 // 2 Comments

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 Circuit [Read More ...]

Conan Doyle Estate Asks Supreme Court to Remove Sherlock Holmes from Public Domain

17 July, 2014 // 6 Comments

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 Supreme Court this week. Lawyers for [Read More ...]

Apple Loses Latest Bid to Stall eBook Antitrust Trial

1 June, 2014 // 7 Comments

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 antitrust lawsuit Apple lost last year. [Read More ...]

Two Economists File Pro-Apple Brief in eBook Antitrust Case

6 March, 2014 // 11 Comments

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 of the [Read More ...]