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Judge Dismisses Meyer Infringement Cast

December 3, 2009
By Michael Cader

In a California Federal Court, Judge Otis D. Wright II carefully read and compared Stephenie Meyer’s BREAKING DAWN and Jordan Scott’s THE NOCTURNE and dismissed Scott’s case alleging copyright infringement. As Judge Wright summarized, “plaintiff simply argues that the works are similar in three particular respects: the marriage sequence, consummation of the marriage on a […]

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Cengage Sues Houghton Over College Sale, Saying they Pumped Market with Cheap Books

November 11, 2009
By Michael Cader

Cengage Learning filed suit against Houghton Miffln Harcourt in a Manhattan Federal Court, seeking at least $20 million and alleging breach of warranty, misrepresentation and bad faith. They allege that Houghton pumped inexpensive college textbooks to international buyers with “known propensities to redistribute these textbooks back into the U.S. market through unauthorized distribution channels” prior […]

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Appeals Court Hears Salinger Argument; One Judge Calls New Book "Dismal"

September 3, 2009
By Michael Cader

The Second Court of Appeals heard arguments on Thursday in the appeal of Judge Deborah Batts’ pre-publication blocking of Fredrik Colting’s 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye. Judge Guido Calabresi made it clear that he thought Colting’s book was a “rather dismal piece of work if I may say so.” Calabresi did question Salinger’s […]

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Legal News: No Steinbeck Appeal; Larsson Estate Fight; Judge to Decide on TrumpNation Trial

May 19, 2009
By Michael Cader

Yesterday the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from John Steinbeck’s son Thomas and grandson Blake Smyle of last year’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that left control of the author’s copyrights with his widow Elaine and publisher Penguin under the terms of a 1994 agreement. In a statement, Thomas Steinbeck expressed “profound […]

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Discovery Sues Amazon, Saying Kindle Infringes Patent

March 17, 2009
By Michael Cader

Discovery Communications filed a patent suit against Amazon.com in Federal court in Delaware, alleging that the Kindle and the ways in which Amazon sells and delivers documents to the device infringes a patent filed for in 1999 and awarded in November 2007 for an “Electronic Book Security and Copyright Protection System.” Discovery general counsel Joseph […]

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RDR Appeals Rowling Ruling

November 14, 2008
By Michael Cader

Facing a fine of just $6,750 and free legal defense, why wouldn’t they? Michigan’s RDR Books filed a notice of appeal last week against Judge Robert Patterson’s September ruling in favor of Warner Bros., blocking publication of RDR’s HARRY POTTER LEXICON.Grand Rapids Press

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