ITC Votes to Institute Patent Investigation Brought by Kodak on Apple/HTC Camera Phones, Tablets, Etc.
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute an investigation of certain electronic devices for capturing and transmitting images and components. The products at issue in this investigation are camera phones, tablet computers, and other handheld devices for capturing and transmitting images (337-TA-831).
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The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, NY, on January 10, 2012. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain electronic devices for capturing and transmitting images and components thereof that infringe patents asserted by Kodak. The complainant requests that the USITC issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The ITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
- Apple Inc., of Cupertino, CA;
- High Tech Computer Corp. a/k/a HTC Corp., of Taiwan;
- HTC America, Inc., of Bellevue, WA; and
- Exedea, Inc., of Houston, TX.
(Subsequent Federal Register notice (FR 02/27/12) available here.)