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mekku
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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:51 am Post subject: kodak sues lg and samsung |
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just heard on cnn.....
kodak is suing both lg and samsung. something to do with product infringement with camera photos. they didn't go into detail as it was a preview, but they are seeking no imports of any products which infringe on their copyrights......
i thought it was a little interesting... |
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call_the_shots
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: kodak sues lg and samsung |
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http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20081118&id=9386153
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Kodak sues Samsung, LG over camera patents
November 18, 2008 12:41 AM ET
ROCHESTER, New York (AP) - Eastman Kodak Co. said it is suing South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. for infringing various digital-camera patents it obtained between 1993 and 2001.
The photography products company alleges that camera phones made by the Seoul-based electronics companies and their U.S. subsidiaries violate patents on its inventions related to image capture, compression and data storage, and a method for previewing motion images.
The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Rochester seeks unspecified monetary damages. Kodak also lodged a complaint with the International Trade Commission in Washington, a move designed to stop importation of products made with the disputed technology.
"We've held discussions with both companies in an attempt to resolve this issue and have not been able to reach a satisfactory agreement," said Laura Quatela, Kodak's chief intellectual property officer. "Consequently, we must take this legal action."
The dispute centers on patents issued in 1993, 1997 and 2001, Kodak spokesman David Lanzillo said.
Samsung issued a statement Tuesday saying it "forbids infringement and unauthorized use" of the intellectual property of other companies and "plans to respond actively to this litigation," according to Lee Eun-hee, a company spokeswoman.
LG, meanwhile, flatly denied Kodak's claim.
"The technology we've used in our products are totally ours and have nothing to do with Kodak," spokeswoman Judy Pae said. "We are going to actively deal with this litigation."
Kodak has licensed its imaging patents to various technology companies including Panasonic Corp., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Olympus Corp. and Sony Corp.
In January 2007, Kodak ended a long-standing patent dispute with Sony over digital-camera inventions dating back to 1987 and entered a cross-licensing deal giving the companies access to each other's patents.
Kodak had alleged in a 2004 lawsuit that Sony infringed on 10 patents for digital camera patents issued from 1987 to 2003 involving digital and video technologies such as image compression and digital storage.
Kodak has amassed more than 1,000 digital-imaging patents � and almost all of today's digital cameras rely on that technology.
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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*gasp* A Korean company "borrowing" someone else's ideas/technology without getting permission first? I don't believe it! Something tells me that Kodak isn't going to have much trouble getting through these economically hard times once this case gets settled.
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| We've held discussions with both companies in an attempt to resolve this issue and have not been able to reach a satisfactory agreement," said Laura Quatela, Kodak's chief intellectual property officer. "Consequently, we must take this legal action." |
Kodak: "So yeah, you need to pay us for all this technology you've been using illegally."
CEO Kim Adjosshi: "I sorry, you not understand Korean culture. I promise, we pay you next month. We very sorry."
*Six months pass with same response, verbatim, each month.* |
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justaguy
Joined: 01 Jan 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Scotticus wrote: |
*gasp* A Korean company "borrowing" someone else's ideas/technology without getting permission first? I don't believe it! Something tells me that Kodak isn't going to have much trouble getting through these economically hard times once this case gets settled.
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| We've held discussions with both companies in an attempt to resolve this issue and have not been able to reach a satisfactory agreement," said Laura Quatela, Kodak's chief intellectual property officer. "Consequently, we must take this legal action." |
Kodak: "So yeah, you need to pay us for all this technology you've been using illegally."
CEO Kim Adjosshi: "I sorry, you not understand Korean culture. I promise, we pay you next month. We very sorry."
*Six months pass with same response, verbatim, each month.* |
Why do you care? Are you a shareholder in Kodak? |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| justaguy wrote: |
| Scotticus wrote: |
*gasp* A Korean company "borrowing" someone else's ideas/technology without getting permission first? I don't believe it! Something tells me that Kodak isn't going to have much trouble getting through these economically hard times once this case gets settled.
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| We've held discussions with both companies in an attempt to resolve this issue and have not been able to reach a satisfactory agreement," said Laura Quatela, Kodak's chief intellectual property officer. "Consequently, we must take this legal action." |
Kodak: "So yeah, you need to pay us for all this technology you've been using illegally."
CEO Kim Adjosshi: "I sorry, you not understand Korean culture. I promise, we pay you next month. We very sorry."
*Six months pass with same response, verbatim, each month.* |
Why do you care? Are you a shareholder in Kodak? |
Yeah Scotticus. Why should anyone care about injustices that don't directly affect themselves?  |
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Seoul'n'Corea
Joined: 06 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: kodak sues lg and samsung |
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| mekku wrote: |
just heard on cnn.....
kodak is suing both lg and samsung. something to do with product infringement with camera photos. they didn't go into detail as it was a preview, but they are seeking no imports of any products which infringe on their copyrights......
i thought it was a little interesting... |
Kodak is going down the crapper anyways. They have abandoned their traditional film and B/W / colour enlarging paper for exculsively digital work. this is a mistake as so much can be done with B/W and colour enlarging film. If you are like me, with an keen sense of artistry to can marry digital and traditional developing processes to make some extremely amazing pictures.
Kodak is desprate to get more $$$$$. Samsung and LG are coming leaps and bounds. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: kodak sues lg and samsung |
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| Seoul'n'Corea wrote: |
| mekku wrote: |
just heard on cnn.....
kodak is suing both lg and samsung. something to do with product infringement with camera photos. they didn't go into detail as it was a preview, but they are seeking no imports of any products which infringe on their copyrights......
i thought it was a little interesting... |
Kodak is going down the crapper anyways. They have abandoned their traditional film and B/W / colour enlarging paper for exculsively digital work. this is a mistake as so much can be done with B/W and colour enlarging film. If you are like me, with an keen sense of artistry to can marry digital and traditional developing processes to make some extremely amazing pictures.
Kodak is desprate to get more $$$$$. Samsung and LG are coming leaps and bounds. |
That's fine and all, but has nothing to do with this thread. I wonder why Samsung and LG are coming by leaps and bounds too? I guess if they don't have to spend money on development... |
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