On June 11, Kodak's attorneys filed a motion to authorize the sale of the patents in a confidential auction to ensure bidder confidentiality. The following articles have the details:
Kodak Concedes Difficulty in Drawing Lead Bidder for Patents - NY Times
Kodak Seeks Court Approval for Confidential Patent Auction Plan - PC World
Kodak Says 20 Patent Bidders Sign Non-Disclosure Agreements - Bloomberg
Kodak files motion to auction digital imaging patents - BBC
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Showing posts with label bankruptcy. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Kodak's Stalled Effort to Sell Digital Patents
On June 8, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about Kodak's stalled effort to sell its digital patents, which may complicate Kodak's ability to emerge from bankruptcy. Kodak says "an independent review" values the patents at up to $2.6 billion and hopes to use money from patent sale to compete against HP in the market for printers. Competing with HP in the market for printers? Don't forget Canon, Brother, and all the others. Even if Kodak gets $2.6 billion this sounds like a difficult journey.
See the WSJ article Kodak's Patent Allure Fades for further details.
Copyright © 2012 Robert Moll. All rights reserved.
See the WSJ article Kodak's Patent Allure Fades for further details.
Copyright © 2012 Robert Moll. All rights reserved.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Bankruptcy Judge Bars Apple's Patent Suit Against Kodak
Today, the media gave lots of coverage to the bankruptcy judge's ruling to bar Apple's patent infringement suit against Kodak. It's appears to be an act of mercy, but could complicate assessing the value of Kodak patents since Apple may have a legitimate claim for joint ownership. Here's links to articles giving the details below:
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