Day 805 of the Agency Era – Now Things Get Complicated
I took a few minutes this afternoon to look some dates, do the math, and I can tell you that it has been just over 2...Continue reading
Category: Lawsuit
16 States File Suit Against the Price Fix 6
I think the publishing industry is finding out today the true meaning of the phrase "when it rains, it pours". The Connecticut State's Attorney General issued...Continue reading
Apple Responds To Price Fixing Lawsuit
The civil suit against the Price-Fix 6 took another turn earlier this week, when Apple formally responded to the the allegations. You probably remember last summer...Continue reading
Kno is Suing Cengage Over Student Annotations – You Should be Worried
A legal fight broke out this week which could potentially affect the entire ebook industry. Mashable is reporting that Kno, the digital textbook seller, is suing...Continue reading
Publishing Insiders Reveal Price-Fixing Conspiracy
Do you recall all those lawsuits filed against the Price Fix 6 months ago? It turns out that the lawsuits aren't just opportunistic lawyers going after...Continue reading
Kobo Settled Ali’s Trademark Lawsuit in Time to be Sold to Rakuten
It looks like Kobo wanted to tie up all loose ends before being bought by Rakuten earlier this week; they've worked out a settlement with Muhammad...Continue reading
Author’s Guild sues to stop HaithiTrust Digitization Project
The Author's Guild has joined forces today with their Canadian and Australian counterparts to use the HaithiTrust, a non-for-profit coalition of universities. The AG also signed...Continue reading
Google settled with La Martiniere
News is breaking today that Google have signed a settlement agreement with La Martiniere, a French publisher. The exact terms haven;t been disclosed, but La Martiniere...Continue reading
New Agency Pricing lawsuit filed
Another anti-trust lawsuit has been filed to day, which now makes (I believe) 4 lawsuits in process in various parts of the US. ( Can you...Continue reading
Microsoft suing B&N over the Nook
Today we got to see Microsoft apply that old chestnut: If you can't innovate, sue. Microsoft just announced that they are suing Barnes & Noble, Foxconn,...Continue reading
B&N, Spring Design settle lawsuit
Barnes and Noble were probably hoping everyone was distracted by the iPad 2 frenzy when they issued a press release today. This lawsuit was filed back...Continue reading