Kodak sues LG and Samsung over integrated digital cameras in phones

Eastman Kodak Co. is taking both LG and Samsung to court over infringement of their patents relating to the integrated digital cameras in mobile phones. The company is seeking an injunction to bar the defendants from continuing to sell camera phones, as well as unspecified compensatory damages. Kodak alleges that two of its patents are violated, one involving the use of image compression and digital storage, and the other pertaining to the creation of thumbnail images to speed up the display of pictures on digital cameras. It is clear that Kodak intends to leverage its IP to the hilt in order to generate profit--even as the company's previous core business in traditional film crashed with the popularity of digital cameras. At the end of the day, the question probably boils down to nothing more than disagreements over the amount of royalty and licensing fees that Kodak is after.

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