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Kodak and Matsushita settle patent dispute

December 28th, 2007 by Photofun

After just a few months of legal wrangling, Kodak and Matsushita have settled their patent lawsuit, originally brought by Kodak due to Matsushita’s alleged infringement of a number of digital camera-related patents. The two companies have agreed to cross-license each other’s patents, but it’s not all sharing and cupcakes — the agreement is “royalty-bearing to Kodak,” according to documents filed with the SEC. That was fast — guess Kodak’s newstrategy of aggressively enforcing its IP portfolio is working out after all.

 

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