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Apple taking ownership of patents acquired from Kodak

by Steven Sande (Apr 30th, 2013)

Last year, a group of 12 licensees bid on 1,100 digital photography patents that were being sold by Kodak as part of bankruptcy proceedings. Although the venerable photography company was hopeful that the sale would be enough to help it restructure, the portfolio sold for only US$525 million to ...

Judge approves Kodak patent sale to consortium led by Apple, Google

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 12th, 2013)

On Friday a judge approved the sale of 1,100 Kodak patents to a consortium led by Apple, Google, and Microsoft. The patent portfolio sold for US$525 million, well below Kodak's hope to get up to $2 billion for the patents. The once all-powerful photography company Kodak is going through ...

Kodak sells imaging patents to pay down debt

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 19th, 2012)

Struggling imaging company Kodak announced today that it sold its digital imaging patents to pay off its debts as it moves through bankruptcy. The US$525 million portfolio was purchased by patent licensing companies Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation. Intellectual Ventures will pay a ...

Google and Apple team up to buy Kodak patents

by Steven Sande (Dec 10th, 2012)

Google and Apple are more often seen as rivals rather than teammates, but they've joined forces to pool a bid of US$500 million to buy patents from bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. The companies are planning to buy some of Kodak's 1,100 imaging patents in a bankruptcy auction. Apple was part of a ...

Judge denies Apple's bid to move Kodak suit to new court

by Mike Schramm (Jul 30th, 2012)

Apple has suffered another setback in its attempts to stop the bankrupt Kodak from auctioning off a series of patents. After Apple's previous attempt to stop the auction wholesale failed, the company appealed to try to move the case from bankruptcy court to a local district court, which Apple ...

Daily Update for July 23, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 23rd, 2012)

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Kodak/Apple patent dispute ends badly for Kodak

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 23rd, 2012)

Struggling US photography pioneer Kodak was dealt a major blow when the International Trade Commission ruled that its color image preview patent, No. 6,292,218, was invalid, according to the Wall Street Journal. Kodak hoped to extract money from companies that were not licensing the patent and ...

Judge permits Kodak's patent auction despite Apple's objections

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 4th, 2012)

US Bankruptcy Judge Allan Groper said in a Tuesday hearing that struggling Kodak can auction off more than 1,100 patents as part of its bankruptcy restructuring plan, according to a Bloomberg report. The sale will go forward, despite Apple's objection to the auction and its outstanding ...

Daily Update for June 15, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jun 15th, 2012)

Kodak loses ruling in patent fight with Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 15th, 2012)

Struggling camera and film pioneer Kodak is going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While it deals with angry creditors, the company is also juggling a legal battle with Apple over the rights to several patents in its patent portfolio. According to Bloomberg, Kodak recently was handed a setback in ...

ITC rules against Kodak, in favor of RIM and Apple

by Mel Martin (May 21st, 2012)

This is strike two against Kodak at the US International Trade Commission. CNET is reporting today that administrative Judge Thomas Pender reaffirmed a decision from last year which stated that neither Apple or RIM were infringing Kodak patents. "I hereby reaffirm on remand that no violation of ...

Kodak accuses Apple of interfering with patent sale

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 17th, 2012)

Things are getting heated in Kodak's patent battle with Apple. In a recent court filing noticed by Total Telecom, Kodak accused the Cupertino company of trying to interfere in its upcoming patent auction in order to avoid paying US$1 billion in penalties and royalty fees. According to the ...

Apple denied request to continue litigation against bankrupt Kodak

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 9th, 2012)

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper said Thursday that Apple cannot pursue litigation against Kodak while the camera company is still in bankruptcy, says a Reuters report. The judge said it would be an "inappropriate way forward" to let Apple pursue current court cases or file new ones at this ...

Kodak asks bankruptcy court to decide on patent dispute with Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 6th, 2012)

Kodak is asking the bankruptcy court to make a decision about an imaging patent that's part of a lawsuit with Apple, says a report in Computerworld. The disputed patent is owned by Kodak and describes a camera that takes high quality stills and lets the user review these images on an LCD. Kodak ...