March 17, 2014
HarperCollins Publishers LLC won a decisive victory over Open Road Integrated Media LLP on Friday when a New York federal judge ruled that a contract from 1971 granted the publisher exclusive e-book licensing rights for a classic children's novel.
February 17, 2012
Heating up a battle over whether pre-Internet era publishing contracts include digital rights, Open Road Integrated Media LLP denied Thursday that it infringed HarperCollins Publishers LLC's copyright by selling an e-book version of a 1972 children's novel.
January 30, 2012
HarperCollins Publishers LLC's digital rights suit seeking to stop Open Road Integrated Media LLP from selling an e-book version of a 1972 children's novel has the potential to affect pre-Internet era publishing contracts and spur more litigation, attorneys say.