ITC affirms ruling against Kodak in patent case with RIM, Apple

Kodak said Saturday it would appeal the ruling. In May, ITC Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender found that Apple’s iPhone 3G and some RIM BlackBerry devices infringe the Kodak patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,292,218, but also ruled that the patent itself is invalid. In essence, the decision determined that Kodak’s claim was invalid. Kodak, RIM …