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Kodak sues HTC and Apple
CAMERA MAKER Kodak has sued Apple and HTC for allegedly infringing patents related to camera imaging.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the camera firm is alleging infringement of four patents by both companies as well as a fifth by HTC. It also filed a related complaint against both companies with the US International Trade Commission (ITC).
Kodak said it obtained its patents because it decided that people would like to easily share pictures from their digital cameras before putting them on their PCs.
It claimed Apple and HTC are infringing the patents by selling and importing mobile camera phones, tablets and other devices. The federal lawsuits were filed in Kodak's home town of Rochester, New York.
The firm wants to stop Apple and HTC from selling products such as the Iphone and Ipad and is seeking compensatory and triple damages.
Kodak also has patent litigation ongoing against RIM, and legal proceedings have been taking place for more than a year.
On Tuesday, Kodak announced a business restructuring, creating a new unit with a focus on consumer digital products.
We have contacted the companies involved for comment. µ
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Kodak is losing money because people are opting to use their camera phones rather than buy and use digital cameras. Too bad for them. Good luck with that and thanks for making more lawyers needlessly rich.
As Kodak invented the original camera, the digital camera, and ALL of the digital technology that goes into digital cameras, every company that includes a camera on their phone or tablet or anything else that takes pictures needs to cough up large amounts of $$$ to Kodak for royalties.
This is how a civil and just society works.