Kodak bankruptcy report spooks stock holders

thats the one mickey, i sounded more like scooby doo.

chances are i will end up bankrupt, im clearly not evil enough!

Kodak is going through a financial nightmare, with reports claiming the camera company is preparing to file for bankruptcy. In what seems like a last effort to license the company’s patents, Kodak has filed patent lawsuits against HTC and Apple. Kodak claims that both smartphone manufacturers are infringing upon some of the company’s digital imaging patents. The complaint targets the iPad 2, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and the iPod touch (4th generation), claiming Apple’s devices infringe upon four patents. Obviously, the patents all relate to digital images, ranging from capturing them, to transferring photos over email, cellular networks, or wireless LAN networks.

HTC is being sued for the same four patents as Apple, with the addition of a patent that covers capturing still images while previewing motion images — the same patent is being asserted against Apple and RIM in a concurrent ITC investigation. Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents speculates that the lawsuit is part of a last effort sales and marketing strategy to sell the company’s patent portfolio. Lastly, Mueller believes that even though Apple and HTC are suing each other, they will most likely team up to fight off Kodak. At the very least, the two companies could conduct a joint prior art search, or look to narrow the scope of patent claims to avoid liability for infringement.

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Thanks Borg for the informative sites. My cat just walked across my keyboard making the computer to go crazy.

Layback Bear said:

Thanks Borg for the informative sites. My cat just walked across my keyboard making the computer to go crazy.

Amazingly, our kitterz has never gotten on the KB. Or anywhere near the PC. The one time we saw her close to it, it was when I still had a SSaver active (about 5 yrs ago) & she was staring in fascination at the Mystify setting. That was it.

Loved the cartoon mickey.

Of course, might be a good idea to keep the cat away from the KB, just look what happened to this guy...

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. - Florida investigators say a man accused of downloading child pornography is blaming his cat.

Keith Griffin of Jensen Beach is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after detectives found more than 1,000 images on his home computer.

According to a sheriff’s report yesterday, Griffin told investigators that his cat jumped on the computer keyboard while he was downloading music. He said he had left the room and found “strange things’’ on his computer when he returned. He is being held on $250,000 bond.

Man blames cat for porn download - Boston.com

Can't be any worse then my dog!



Jim