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US: Apple loses key case against Amazon ahead of DOJ e-books trial

By  |  March 1, 2013

Apple Inc. has reportedly been denied its request for documents from Amazon.com to determine Amazon’s motivation to switch its agency model concerning the pricing of e-books and the signing of agency agreements with e-book publishers. Amazon has also refused those discovery requests as Apple is looking for evidence to defend itself in the Department of Justice’s case against Apple; the government claims Apple conspired with five e-book publishers, all of whom have since settled with the DOJ, to raise e-book prices. Apple is scheduled for a June trial and, according to reports, Apple’s inability to get its hands on those Amazon documents may deal a major blow to the company in its defense.

 

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