Judge Denise Cote handed Apple some modest victories in the Tuesday afternoon hearing about her forthcoming injunction, which she expects to formalize next week. The judge said it was “unnecessary” to force Apple to let ebook competitors restore in-app purchasing without giving Apple a commission — probably the most significant outstanding item for the ebook landscape. Apple seems to have won permission in principle to ask publishers to “modify” their current contracts rather than start over again with new agreements (but that does not mean that publishers will agree to do so, or have any obligation to go along with […]
