Volume VIII

Issue : 2: January 21, 2010

• Italian Consumer Group ADOC seeks class action suit against Microsoft
• Bulletproof Servers in China Serve File Sharing Services and Spammers
• Amazon in Danger of Sales Tax Again
• Possible Resolution of Viacom Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against YouTube
• Non Profits Challenge Food Patent
• Kodak Pursues RIM and Apple for Patent Infringement at the ITC
• Twitter Sarcastic Airport Bomb Threat Results in Arrest

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Kodak Pursues RIM and Apple for Patent Infringement at the ITC

Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak”) has sued Research In Motion, Ltd. (“RIM”) and Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for infringing U.S. patent no. 6,292,218 related to digital camera technology. The matter was brought before the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”). The suit relates to the importation and related sale, where the ITC has jurisdiction, of certain mobile phones and wireless communication devices. The suit is directed against RIM’s BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 and Apple’s iPHONE 3GS, among others, having digital cameras.

Kodak seeks a prohibition order preventing such activities. Kodak has previously pursued other device companies in court and the ITC, including Sony, LG and Samsung, in respect of the same patent. Settlements have been reached or are being negotiated in many of these prior actions. In late 2008, RIM filed a declaratory judgment action with the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Texas against Kodak, seeking a determination of non-infringement and unenforceability of the patent in question. This action remains pending.

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