The Canadian Competition Tribunal suspends the registration of the consent agreement between the Commissioner of Competition and a number of e-books publishers until the determination of the application to rescind or amend this agreement (Kobo)

Kobo Obtains Stay of Ebooks Settlement* The ebooks settlement reached between the Competition Bureau and four major ebook publishers has been stayed pending the determination of a challenge brought by ebook retailer Kobo Inc. to the settlement. Kobo argues that its contracts with the four publishers, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster, will be fundamentally altered or

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W. Michael G. Osborne, The Canadian Competition Tribunal suspends the registration of the consent agreement between the Commissioner of Competition and a number of e-books publishers until the determination of the application to rescind or amend this agreement (Kobo), 18 March 2014, e-Competitions Commitment Decisions, Art. N° 64801

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