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ABBEY HOUSE MEDIA, INC. v. APPLE INC.

No. 14cv2000 (DLC).

ABBEY HOUSE MEDIA, INC., d/b/a BOOKSONBOARD, Plaintiff, v. APPLE INC.; HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, INC.; HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, LLC,; VERLAGSGRUPPE GEORG VON HOLTZBRINCK GHBH; HOLTZBRINCK PUBLISHERS, LLC, d/b/a MACMILLAN; THE PENGUIN GROUP, A DIVISION OF PEARSON PLC; and SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

January 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbey House Media, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Maxwell M. Blecher , Blecher & Collins, Donald R. Pepperman , Blecher Collins Pepperman & Joye PC, Eric M. Creizman , Creizman PLLC & Taylor Wagniere , Blecher, Collins, Pepperman & Joyce, P.C..

Hachette Book Group, Inc., Defendant, represented by Michael Lacovara , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Richard Sutton Snyder, Sr. , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Us LLP & Samuel Joseph Rubin , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

HarperCollins Publishers, L.L.C., Defendant, represented by Charles Scott Lent , Arnold & Porter, LLP.

Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GMBH, Defendant, represented by Joel M. Mitnick , Sidley Austin LLP & John J. Lavelle , Sidley Austin LLP.

Holtzbrinck Publishers, L.L.C., Defendant, represented by Joel M. Mitnick , Sidley Austin LLP & John J. Lavelle , Sidley Austin LLP.

Simon & Schuster, Inc., Defendant, represented by James W. Quinn , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Jeffrey Leonard White , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP & Yehudah Lev Buchweitz , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Penguin Group (USA) LLC, the successor to the named Defendant The Penguin Group, Defendant, represented by Amanda Christine Croushore , Kaye Scholer LLP, Margaret Anne Rogers , Kaye Scholer LLP & Saul P Morgenstern , Kaye Scholer LLP.

Simon & Schuster, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by James W. Quinn , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Jeffrey Leonard White , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP & Yehudah Lev Buchweitz , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Abbey House Media, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Maxwell M. Blecher , Blecher & Collins & Eric M. Creizman , Creizman PLLC.

Penguin Group (USA) LLC, the successor to the named Defendant The Penguin Group, Counter Claimant, represented by Amanda Christine Croushore , Kaye Scholer LLP & Saul P Morgenstern , Kaye Scholer LLP.

Abbey House Media, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Maxwell M. Blecher , Blecher & Collins & Eric M. Creizman , Creizman PLLC.

OPINION & ORDER

Abbey House Media, Inc. d/b/a BooksOnBoard ("BOB"), a defunct e-book retailer, brings this action against five book publishers, Hachette Book Group, Inc. ("Hachette"), HarperCollins Publishers, LLC ("HarperCollins"), Macmillan Publishers Inc. and Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GmbH...

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