Apple: U.S. eBook Lawsuit ‘Fundamentally Flawed’

In a filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan late Tuesday, Apple said it has not conspired with anyone or fixed prices for eBooks in an effort to thwart Amazon.com Inc’s dominance of that fast-growing market. “Apple’s entry into eBook distribution is classic procompetitive conduct” that created competition where none existed, Apple said in its court papers.

“For Apple to be subject to hindsight legal attack for a business strategy well-recognized as perfectly proper sends the wrong message to the market,” it added. “The government’s complaint against Apple is fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law.”