Kodak Seeks Court Approval to Investigate Patent Claims by Apple
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Eastman Kodak Co., saying sales of some of its digital imaging patents may be disrupted, asked a bankruptcy judge for permission to investigate “the basis” of Apple Inc.’s claims that it owns some of them.
“Whether as an infringer or a prospective purchaser of Kodak’s patents, Apple has an economic interest in depressing the value of these patents and disrupting the sale process,” Kodak’s lawyers said yesterday in a filing in U.S Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.