14 DAY TRIAL // After being sued by Kodak over imaging-related patents, Apple has sued back with its own patent-related suit, which the Mac maker filed just last week with the US International Trade Commission. On the ITC 337 Law Blog, a post reports that the ITC has agreed to look into Apple’s complaint, which alleges that Kodak unlawfully employs devices and technology that infringe certain claims of two Apple patents.
“[…] The asserted technologies ‘relate generally to advancements and innovations in the fields of image processing, power management, and memory architectures in portable digital devices’,” according to the complaint, the blog reports.
“Specifically, the products at issue pertaining to the ‘934 patent include imaging devices for capturing raw image data and a central processing unit that allocates storage locations within a dynamic random-access memory depending on the requirements of the system and the current image data. The ‘934 patent also concerns a power management system to protect data stored in the device’s memory if a power failure is detected,” the report further reveals.
“The products at issue pertaining to the RE ‘911 patent include digital image capture devices containing two or more image processors that alter image processing (such as white balance, color, sharpness, resolution,) within the digital image capture device,” the ITC Law Blog says.
Apple claims that the following Kodak digital cameras and video cameras infringe on its patents:
- the Kodak Z Series of Cameras, including the Z915, Z950, Z1085 IS, and Z1485 IS; - the Kodak M Series of Cameras, including the M340, M341, M380, M381, M530, M550, MI033, and MI093 IS; - the Kodak C Series of cameras, including the C142, C180, C182, C190, and C913; the Kodak SLICE camera; - and the Kodak video cameras, including the Zi6, Zi8, Zxl, and the Zx3 PLAYSPORT.
Reportedly, Apple is also planning to file a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accusing Kodak of infringing the Asserted Patents. The Mac maker requests that, as a potential remedy, the Commission issues a permanent limited exclusion order and permanent cease-and-desist order directed to Kodak.