WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) — Tech giant Apple asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals ruling that found the company conspired with book publishers to fix the price of electronic books.
The Cupertino, California-based company asked justices to review and overturn a 2013 federal appeals court ruling it had “conspired to retrain trade” with publishers to boost the prices of e-books and challenge Amazon.com’s domination over the market.
Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg approved a 30-day extension to formally request its appeal. If not approved, the company’s petition would have been due in late September.
In 2012, Apple was among several publishers that included Penguin, MacMillan Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins named in a Justice Department lawsuit that claimed the companies worked together to artificially inflate e-book prices
The Supreme Court term begins Oct. 5.
