A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday handed down a summary pro-Apple judgement in a case involving the “iBooks” trademark, denying plaintiff Black Tower Press its request for injunctive relief and corresponding damages. In the 71-page ruling, Judge Denise Cote noted the “ibooks” mark owned by Black Tower would not be confused with Apple’s “iBooks” [...]
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Apple wins ‘iBooks’ trademark case leveled by New York book publisher
Posted by Gary on May 10, 2013
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E-book price-fixing civil suit adds to Apple, publisher woes
Posted by Gary on May 16, 2012
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Class-action civil suit fires back at ‘overpriced’ e-books In addition to the lawsuit from the Department of Justice and 17 states against Apple and two major publishers alleging the companies conspired to keep e-book prices artificially high, a US District Court judge yesterday approved a class-action civil lawsuit targeting Apple and five major publishers on [...]
Publisher Touts 20-Point Boost in Student Performance with Textbooks for iPad
Posted by Gary on January 21, 2012
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With Apple announcing its iBooks Textbooks initiative yesterday, the company has been pushing its view that the iPad can help revolutionize education by keeping students engaged with unprecedented levels of interactivity. In an attempt to assess the effect of iPad textbooks on student performance, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) performed a year-long pilot program using an [...]
Vietnam publisher creates Steve Jobs memorial calendar
Posted by Gary on November 15, 2011
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2012 12-month calendar features quotes A Vietnamese publishing company has created a 2012 calendar honoring Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, using 14 selected portraits and a number of quotes of the legendary technologist, who passed away from pancreatic cancer in October. The quotes are printed in both English and Vietnamese, with several directly related to Jobs’ [...]
Digital book publisher Blurb embraces e-books, iOS devices
Posted by Gary on October 19, 2011
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Previously-created books can now be e-books also Both customers who have previous made books using Blurb’s digital tools, and new clients who have always wanted to create a physical photo-book as a keepsake now also have the option of turning their works into full-fledged e-books, from the same file as was used to create the [...]
Mac OS X Lion adds Podcast Publisher for home users
Posted by Gary on February 27, 2011
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updated 04:25 am EST, Sun February 27, 2011 Podcast Producer, consumer version Apple’s developer preview release of Mac OS X Lion continues to reveal a slew of yet to be announced features. The latest feature has been forwarded to 9to5Mac by an anonymous developer points to the addition of a new app called Podcast Publisher. [...]
iOS publisher Bulky Pix to release 40 games in 2011
Posted by Gary on February 26, 2011
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by Stephanie Kent, Macworld.com While most New Year’s resolutions are waning by this time of year, game publisher Bulky Pix is making good on their ambitious plan to release 40 iPad and iPhone games in 2011. These new titles will double their current library of games for iOS devices. The Paris- and San Francisco-based [...]
Electronic Arts pays $20 million for Angry Birds and Cut the Rope publisher
Posted by Gary on October 22, 2010
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Consumers aren’t the only ones who are interested in the Angry Birds mobile game. It seems Electronic Arts (EA) is also interested in the game and the company that publishes it. EA has announced it will acquire Chillingo for $20 million in an all cash transaction. In addition to its Angry Birds game, which has [...]