Kodak said it was “gratified” that the U.S. International...
Kodak said it was “gratified” that the U.S. International Trade Commission modified key findings, in response to a Kodak request, of an initial recommendation in Kodak’s patent infringement claim against Apple and Research In Motion (RIM). The ITC extended the…
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target date for a final ruling until Aug. 30. The patent at issue relates to a method Kodak invented for previewing images. Kodak initially filed an ITC complaint against Apple and RIM in 2010, asserting that iPhones and RIM’s camera-enabled BlackBerry devices infringe the Kodak patent. Kodak said the patent was validated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in December. The company said it has licensed the patent to companies including LG, MEI/Panasonic, Motorola, Nokia, Olympus, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony and Sony Ericsson. Kodak also has federal court actions pending against RIM and Apple in Texas and New York over the same patent and additional infringement claims, it said. The Texas case is to begin Aug. 1.