Eastman Kodak (EK) has announced that the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued an initial determination that the patent claim at issue is invalid and that the patent is not infringed.

According to Kodak, the patent at issue involved a method for previewing images on a digital camera-enabled device. Kodak reported that the patent was recently upheld as valid by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A final decision in the case is scheduled to be issued by the full commission by May 23.

Kodak also stated that the same patent had been upheld by another judge in an ITC case against LG and Samsung. The company that it expects the commission will ultimately rule that the patent claim at issue is valid and infringed by Apple and RIM.

Kodak had filed the complaint in January 2010. The company also filed patent infringement suits against Apple and RIM in federal court. A number of companies have licensed its imaging patents, including the one in question. Licensees include Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sharp and Sony, among others.

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Motorola is all set to launch Charm smartphone in India. The handset is equipped with Android 2.1 and 2.8 inch TFT touch screen with a QWERTY keypad.

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According to Faisal Siddiqui, country head of India, Motorola Mobility, Motorola strives to excite the Indian consumer with the three-way navigation capability touch screen, QWERTY keyboard and the Backtrack making messaging, browsing, social networking fast and easy. Charm offers a compact design, easy handling and all the features you would expect from a smartphone. Enjoy sophistication and business functionality, effortless navigation with intuitive gestures with the Charm’s large display and keyboard.

The Motorola Charm sports a 3 megapixel camera with Kodak Perfect Touch technology and digital zoom. Audiophiles might appreciate the fact that the music player is connected via internet. It supports additional storage of up to 32GB and comes with a 2GB memory card included in the box. The handset provides users with talk time of up to 357 minutes and a standby time of up to 365 hours. It integrates stereo Bluetooth and a GPS as well as CrystalTalk Plus technology for augmented audio and call quality. The Motorola Charm is being launched via Aircel for US$304.19.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: After receiving a complaint from Eastman Kodak Co, an investigation has been launched by the International Trade Commission in to the smartphones containing digital cameras manufactured by Apple and RIM.

A patent infringement suit was filed by Kodak with the ITC on January 14 against Canada’s Research In Motion Ltd, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, and Apple Inc, maker of the iPhone.

Kodak has demanded for compensation and at the same time it has expressed its willingness to talk with Apple and RIM. It has also asked ITC to prevent Apple and RIM from importing infringing devices, including certain mobile telephones and wireless communication devices featuring digital cameras.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Adding spice to the bitter dispute between the two handset heavyweights, Apple and Nokia, a patent complaint has been filed by former against the latter in the US International Trade Commission (ITC).

Last month, a complaint was filed by Nokia in the ITC for the ban of Apple’s iPhone, iPod and MacBook products import.

In a court case filed in October, Nokia alleged that Apple was using some of its patented wireless technologies without paying for them. The legal battle between the two took another turn when Apple filed a complaint against Nokia alleging that it infringed 13 of its technologies.

Meanwhile, Kodak has filed complaint against both Apple and Nokia alleging that both the iPhone and Blackberry use technology for previewing pictures that infringe its patents.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Lawsuits have been filed against Apple and Research In Motion in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) by Eastman Kodak, alleging the infringement of Kodak digital imaging technology. The company has claimed that its patent covering technology related to a method for previewing images has been infringed by Apple’s iPhones and RIM’s camera-enabled BlackBerry devices.

According to Laura G. Quatela, Chief Intellectual Property Officer, and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company, the company was bound to take this action as the discussions with both Apple and RIM had been carried out for years to resolve this issue amicably, but no satisfactory agreement was reached.

In the complaint, limited exclusion order preventing the importation of infringing devices, including certain mobile telephones and wireless communication devices featuring digital cameras is sought by Kodak.

LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson are among the 30 countries having Kodak’s licensed digital imaging technology

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News writes…Per second, there are four babies born worldwide–and a whopping 25 mobile phones sold, according to Motorola CEO Ed Zander. And that’s just the beginning for mobile communication, he said.

Zander took the stage Monday for his keynote speech here at the Consumer Electronics Show on a bright yellow bicycle. Yes, he looked silly–and he knew it–but he did it to make a point about the prevalence of mobile phones globally, especially in countries where low-tech bicycles are the primary mode of transportation.

Soon, Motorola wants to make phone chargers to strap onto millions of owners’ bikes in emerging nations because mobile phones are often the only type of phone they own. For many people in those countries, he said, a mobile phone is often the first interaction with a computer or the Internet.

Globally and locally, the theme of his speech was Motorola’s mission to make everything mobile: communication, music, photos, Internet, television. And especially putting content wherever customers want it.

“This is the beginning of the decade where we get to control the Internet and control mobility,” Zander said.

To that point, be brought up different guest speakers to show how Motorola is enabling that. Marco Boerries of Yahoo demonstrated Yahoo Go 2.0, a suite of mobile Internet applications that will be loaded on Motorola phones.

Mobile TV is a big story at CES this year, and Motorola threw its hat into the ring with Follow Me TV, a way to place-shift DVR content around the home.

Chris White from Motorola’s multimedia experience department discussed what Zander called the two biggest customer frustrations: getting music onto a mobile phone and getting pictures off of it. Motorola has partnered with Microsoft to bring DRM technology to its phones. Users will be able to download music from a variety of online music stores into Windows Media Player. Songs can then be dragged, dropped and synched with the phone.

In regard to photos, Motorola’s new Rizr Z6 phone will have a 2-megapixel camera whose pictures can be sent wirelessly over Bluetooth to a Kodak EasyShare printer.

Mobile communication, said Zander, “is coming down to cool experiences and simple things.”

 

 

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