Updated. Judgment today on whether Apple and research in motion violated a patent held by Kodak, you can add more than $ 1 billion revenue for the company's bottom line, according to camera Kodak CEO Antonio Perez (via Bloomberg), but only if the court overturns the existing judgments against Kodak.
Update: , the ITC ruled that will review the findings of the judge from January to say RIM and Apple does not infringe the patent Kodak's. ITC will have a final decision by 23 May.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will be the ultimate arbiter of Kodak fate in this matter. Judge Paul Luckern had already ruled in January that Apple and RIM is not in violation of patents, which describe the Kodak system image previews on camera phones. However, Kodak settled with Samsung and LG for allegedly infringing on the patent, netting a total of nearly 1 billion dollars from the two companies Combined license after these companies were faced with the possibility of being shut off from the market image of the U.S..
While ITC cannot assign criminal cash in cases such as this, it is possible to block imports of products infringe on patents finds us, which means the iPhone and BlackBerry may be blocked from sale in the United States if the ITC finds in favour of Kodak. Because that would mean a huge amount of lost revenue, companies often to settle in advance instead of a judgment and avoid the order. Currently, the decision shall specify whether the ITC review by a judge, findings, and if so, the final decision in this case would be forthcoming by May 23.
The rates are high in this case, but much more so than for enterprises is the Kodak claiming infringed on its patents. Win a Kodak means stimulating for his picture of the overall revenue, because the resulting royalties would be pure profit without load outside of legal fees in the case. Jim Kelleher, an analyst with Argus Research indicates that "most of the companies operating the Kodak lose money," so the IP this significant income stream significantly add to 838 million dollars it made to the patents last year. Income from patent royalties continues to eclipse the Kodak takes its income from other business lines, including cameras, printers and software. We reached to Kodak comment on what a loss would mean for business, but have yet to hear back. Will update if necessary.
If the ruling goes against Kodak, could potentially Cut off the ability of firms to determine claims for any other revenue of patents related to the use of camera phone image previews. In 1989, for example, Kodak lost a patent battle with Polaroid instant photography forand essentially had to cede the then lucrative market completely to the Polaroid. Digital images will ultimately force cylindrical steamrolled space instant camera, but still missed out on a Kodak billions in potential revenue.
Apple and RIM are, Kodak countersued Apple in Federal Court and filed a complaint against Kodak with ITC, too, after presentation of the original complaint, Kodak. Apple and RIM stand to take a hit on their gross margins, if Kodak succeeds, but if an image fails, faces the loss of many, many more.
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