HarperCollins and Open Road were due to advise the court on or before Monday, April 28 about the progress of their “attempt to reach a negotiated resolution” following Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald’s summary judgment in March in Harper’s favor. Judge Buchwald found that Open Road infringed Harper’s exclusive right to license third parties to publish Jean Craighead George’s JULIE OF THE WOLVES in ebook form. Since the ruling affirmed Harper’s right to license ebooks — without weighing in definitively on “whether HarperCollins may undertake such publication itself” — it was logical to infer that parties would make an earnest effort […]
