Kodak sold about 44.2 billion yen for digital photographic processing patents etc, behind which Apple · Google · Microsoft etc.

Eastman Kodak, who applied for bankruptcy in January 2012, sold patents related to the processing of digital photos that he owned. Selling partners are Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation, which will license licenses to Apple, Google, Research In Motion (RIM) and others. The total amount sold was 525 million dollars (about 44.2 billion yen).

Kodak Announces Sale of Patents
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Kodak, which is known for developing color films and digital cameras for the first time in the world, is a manufacturer with a high market share in the field of photographic products, but in January 2012Federal bankruptcy law Chapter 11Application for application. We have taken actions to rebuild the company. The sale of this patent also followed the series of flows.

The sold patent relates to the capture, sharing, handling, etc. of digital images, and it is over 1100 points. Before,284 PartnersHad valued this patent group as worth as much as $ 2.6 billion (about 219 billion yen). According to Kodak's spokesperson, this seems to be only a fragment from the Kodak patent portfolio as a whole, and that it holds more than 9,600 patents besides those sold this time for business that is ongoing Thing.

This time, Intellectual Ventures and RPX purchase patents, but behind it are Apple, Google, RIM, Facebook, Amazon.com, Microsoft, Samsung, Adobe Systems, Fujifilm, Huawei, HTC, Shutterfly's 12 companies exist as licensees (licensed companies), and they will be licensed from two patents. With this agreement to sell the patent, all patent infringement litigation between Kodak and the 12 licensees will be resolved.

KODAK, Apple, RIM have been fighting a two-year litigation battle over the patent on "digital photo camera preview", but in May the International Trade Commission issued a decision to lose the Kodak side , Officially decided in July. Kodak's plan, which he thought could get over $ 1 billion from Apple and RIM, was shattered.

Kodak, in November 's "Komodo" agreement, to avoid bankruptcy in the first half of 2013It is supposed to receive a rebate loan of 830 million dollars, So there was a requirement to sell the patent for over $ 500 million. The sale price of 525 million dollars is slightly above that.

By the way, the federation of companies of Apple, Microsoft, RIM et al. Likewise applied for Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy ActNortel NetworksWe also purchase more than 6000 patents for $ 4.5 billion (about 379 billion yen). This patent was also aimed at Google, but it refused offer of 900 million dollars (about 75.8 billion yen), it is missing at the end of the competition.