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Wiley goes after BitTorrent users
John Wiley & Sons have filed a copyright infringement suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York involving 27 'John Does' the publisher claims are illegally copying and ...
Publishers, retailers and libraries await US court decision
Publishers, retailers and libraries are all keeping a close eye on a US court case between retailer Costco and watchmaker Omega. Why? Because it could have a profound affect on the 'first-sale doctrin...
Amazon hit with US$269 million tax bill from Texas
The state of Texas believes that Amazon owes it US$269 million in uncollected sales taxes.
US publishers concerned at possible court ruling on imports
The Association of American Publishers has urged the US Supreme Court to uphold a ruling by the Ninth Circuit which held that the 'first sale doctrine' does not apply to the unauthorised importation...
Apple faces lawsuit because 'iPad not like book'
Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit in the US from a disgruntled group of consumers, disappointed that the new iPad doesn't live up to its advertising slogan that 'reading on the iPad is just like ...
Figes agrees to pay damages over negative Amazon reviews
Historian Orlando Figes has agreed to pay damages to rival authors whose books he reviewed negatively on Amazon.
Penguin Canada settles Davidar sexual harassment case
Penguin Canada has announced that it has settled out-of-court 'all matters' related to a sexual harassment case bought by a former senior employee against former president David Davidar.
Cussler reignites 'Sahara' litigation
Author Clive Cussler has resumed his legal fight against the producers of a disasterous film version of his book Sahara.
Google settlement could breach US treaties and cause 'diplomatic stress'
In a legal analysis done for the Open Book Alliance, intellectual property lawyer Cynthia Arato, a partner at the law firm of Macht, Shapiro, Arato and Isseries, reiterated her belief that ...
Appeals court 'vacates' earlier ruling on Salinger sequel
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a September 2009 injunction barring publication of Swedish author Fredrik Colting's 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, which lawyers for autho...
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