Research In Motion Discloses ITC Decision: Kodak '218 Patent is Invalid In Case Against RIM

Research In Motion Limited

today learned that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has terminated its investigation after making a determination in favor of RIM that the only asserted claim of Kodak's U.S. Patent No. 6,292,218 for electronic cameras (Kodak's ‘218 patent) is invalid. On January 14, 2010, Kodak filed a complaint with the ITC alleging that RIM's camera-enabled products infringe Kodak's ‘218 patent. On May 21, 2012 Judge Pender reaffirmed the earlier finding of then-presiding Chief Judge Luckern that Kodak's ‘218 patent is invalid. Kodak requested that the full Commission review and modify that finding, but instead the ITC made final the decision that the Kodak ‘218 patent is invalid.