Kodak este o companie aflata in pragul falimentului insa inainte de a isi da ultima suflare este hotarata sa obtina niste bani de la Apple pentru incalcarea unor brevete de inventie. Compania americana sustine ca Apple ar fi incalcat in constructia iDevice-urilor cateva brevete care au legatura cu modul in care sunt prezentate imaginile direct de pe o camera digitala. Asta nu e tot deoarece Apple ar fi incalcat se pare si o tehnologie brevetata de Kodak care descrie o modalitate prin care imaginile pot fi transmise de pe un iDevice pe un calculator.
Eastman Kodak Co. (EK), seeking to sell or license a portfolio of more than 1,100 patents, sued Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. (2498) in an expansion of a legal strategy that may help boost the value of its inventions to fund a turnaround. Two infringement lawsuits filed yesterday in federal court in Rochester, New York, accuse the smartphone makers of using without permission Kodak technology for image transmission, including a way for users to share images directly from cameras. Kodak also claims HTC is infringing an additional patent for a preview feature, which is at the center of a U.S. International Trade Commission case against Apple and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM).
Atat Apple cat si HTC au fost luate in vizor de catre Kodak care acum ar incerca sa sporeasca valoarea portofoliului de brevete pe care incearca sa il vanda intr-o tentativa de a se salva de la faliment. Nu se stie ce rezultat final vor avea procesele dintre cele doua companii insa probabil va dura cativa ani de zile pana vom afla un rezultat definitiv.
This post was last modified on ian. 11, 2012, 11:01 AM 11:01