imaging

Oh, Snap: Kodak Says Apple Is Just Playing Spoiler With Patent Claim

John Paczkowski in News on May 18 at 9:44 am PT

Kodak to Apple: Waaaaaagh!

Interview: Nokia’s Head of Imaging on Extending Zeiss Deal, Preparing to Ship 41-Megapixel Cameraphone

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 2 at 1:05 am PT

Nokia says its 808 PureView will ship to the first markets — including Russia and India — later this month. The company also extended its deal with German imaging firm Carl Zeiss.

Apple Requests Approval to Sue Kodak Into Oblivion

John Paczkowski in News on February 15 at 8:30 am PT

How considerate.

The Times of Its Troubled Life: A 2007 Visit to Kodak (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 19 at 11:54 am PT

Good morning yesterday, you wake up and time has slipped away …

Beleaguered Kodak Tries Patent-Suit Strategy on Apple, HTC

John Paczkowski in News on January 10 at 4:25 pm PT

Smile!

Meet the Yahoo Board: Something Old, Something New–But Will They Do Something?

Kara Swisher in News on October 14, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

With all the noisy swirl around Yahoo of late–from its executive turmoil to its flat growth to its dashed partnerships in Asia to its brash CEO–its board has been unusually quiet of late. Comatose, some might say. But with private equity firms, media companies, Web rivals, big shareholders, Wall Street and others all machinating about trying to grab all or some of the Internet giant, it will be interesting to see if its directors will shake themselves out of their typical comfort zone of inactivity to actually do their job. Thus, time for their moment in the BoomTown spotlight!

New From Lexmark: Litigator Pro High-Yield Lawsuit Printer

John Paczkowski in News on August 23, 2010 at 12:10 pm PT

The printers in Lexmark’s legal department are likely running short on ink today. The company fired off a barrage of patent infringement suits against 24 companies that make, import and sell replacement cartridges for its printers

Another Kodak Moment: ITC Agrees to Investigate Apple, RIM

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 17, 2010 at 4:02 pm PT

The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate claims that Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry infringe on Kodak’s intellectual property. At issue here: Two patents generally covering image preview and processing, which Kodak claims have been used illegitimately in the iPhone and BlackBerry. At stake for Apple and RIM: A ban on U.S. imports of both devices.

A Priceless Kodak Moment for Apple and RIM

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 14, 2010 at 9:30 am PT

Emboldened by the settlement it won from Samsung in a recent digital camera patent dispute, Kodak is seeking similar arrangements from Apple and Research in Motion. In a handful of lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, Kodak accuses both companies of illegally leveraging its digital-imaging patents in the iPhone and BlackBerry.

HP Mulls Printer-PC Group Re-Fiorinazation

John Paczkowski in News on September 30, 2009 at 1:53 pm PT

Four years after separating its PC business from its imaging and printing group, Hewlett-Packard is planning to merge them, undoing one of Mark Hurd’s first big moves as CEO. “People familiar with the situation” tell The Wall Street Journal that the plan under consideration would combine HP’s printer and PC businesses under Todd Bradley, who currently oversees only the latter.