As Trial Date Is Set, Settlement Talks in Google Book Search Case Gain Momentum - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"The case brought by authors and publishers over Google's vast book-digitizing project is headed to trial at last. But the parties told the federal judge handling the matter that there is still hope for some kind of settlement. At a status conference on Thursday in Manhattan, Judge Denny Chin agreed to a trial schedule that would have the litigants in court by next summer. However, lawyers in the case told Judge Chin that settlement talks, especially those between Google and publishers, had made progress, Publishers Weekly and other news media reported...."