US District Judge Denise Cote said the trial will begin on 3 June 2013. Apple and two publishers are fighting the antitrust charges. The US department of justice accuses Apple and those publishers of conspiring to raise ebook prices in the iBookstore.

Apple claims that publishers were not happy with Amazon's pricing tactics and wanted to set their own prices in the iBookstore. The company also claims that the US government has rather than competition in bringing a case of ebook price-fixing against Apple.

The against Apple and five publishers, accusing the companies of working together to raise prices of ebooks, in retaliation for competitor Amazon.com pricing most ebooks at $9.99 beginning in late 2007. Three publishers have already settled.

Here in Europe, investigations have resulted in . began their investigation of Apple and various publishers back in December 2011.