A New Round of Litigation for Apple, Publishers

In DNAML vs. Apple Inc. et al, filed in September, 2013, the upstart Australian e-book retailer alleges the company was harmed "directly and as a proximate result" of the 2010 price-fixing scheme executed by Apple and the five agency publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Penguin). Now, this month, two related cases have been accepted by Cote: one filed by Lavoho, LLC, a "successor" to the Diesel eBook Store; and another from Abbey House Media, formerly BooksonBoard.

Publishers Weekly expands on the story, which could mean another round of litigation for all concerned, although one of the companies involved, DNAML, may be a one-person venture, according to the publishers, and the other two are comparatively small and not overly successful.