Apple asks bankruptcy court to sue Kodak for patent infringement

From CNET News.com: Apple has asked a bankruptcy court judge for permission to sue Eastman Kodak over alleged patent infringement.

The iPhone maker filed its request with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. Apple says that it plans to file a complaint against Kodak with the International Trade Commission (ITC), as well as a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Manhattan, for allegedly violating patents it holds related to printers, digital picture frames, and digital cameras.

As Bloomberg, which first reported on the request, points out, Apple isn't required to ask the bankruptcy court for permission to sue Kodak. However, in the court filing, Apple said that it was seeking approval "out of an abundance of caution."

Back in May, the U.S. ITC ruled that patent-infringement claims Apple had brought against Kodak related to the way images are displayed on digital cameras had not been violated. Apple hoped to bring its case to the full six-member ITC commission, but that appeal was turned away.

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