Kodak Sues Research in Motion (RIM) and Apple for Patent Infringement
I think Kodak is just being jealous because Research in Motion and Apple are making tons of profits from the brisk sale figures of iPhones and Blackberry smartphones. They want a cut from the billions of dollars that RIM and Apple Inc are raking in. Kodak has filed formal suit versus RIM and Apple Inc. claiming the two smartphone makers violated a number of Kodak patents on digital camera, specifically the “a Kodak patent that covers technology related to a method for previewing images” as well as “certain computer processes” (against Apple), Kodak said in their press release. The film and digital camera company has already asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to issue legal order stopping shipments and sales of iPhones and Blackberrys until the patent dispute is resolved.
Kodak vs Apple and RIM in court
This is sad but true, the International Trade Commission can really bar any new shipments of RIM and Apple products just like what it did to Microsoft Office. You better buy your most-coveted iPhone 3GS and Blackberry phone soon. Legal experts are already predicting Kodak has valid patent claims. Kodak already won its patent case versus Samsung and the lawyers of Kodak confirmed that they are making the same patent complaints versus RIM and Apple.
Kodak holds more than 1,000 patents on digital camera technology. The film company actually invented the digital camera but due to its greed and reluctance to phase out its profitable film printing business, it only started selling digital cameras in 2001. Most people don’t know it yet but all major digital camera manufacturers pay royalties to Kodak and even mobile phone companies like Nokia, LG Electronics, and Motorola pays Kodak too. Now RIM and Apple will be paying some good royalty money to Kodak soon.
by: Almario Alcaraz, Jr. via email
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