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Kodak sells patent portfolio for $525 million

news article released on: 20 December, 2012

Kodak, the imaging pioneer currently in bankruptcy, has sold its digital imaging patent portfolio for $525 million, a move that should help it emerge from bankruptcy in the new year. The purchasing company is a consortium of 12 led by patent-holding company Intellectual Ventures and thepatent risk advisory firm RPX Corporation. There are some notable names in the consortium, which are listed below: ...

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#1 20 Dec 2012 @ 0:42
Wow that seems really really low.
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#2 20 Dec 2012 @ 1:38
Is that what they call it now? A "consortium."
Lets see, a group of large corporations colluding to reduce competition and litigation among themselves; sounds like a cartel.
We all know how great cartels are for competition and the consumer...
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#3 20 Dec 2012 @ 13:11
Once a great company and now food for the volgers.

Forza Juve!!
#4 21 Dec 2012 @ 8:21
As long as they manage to keep pumping out the Tri-x 400 I'm happy.
#5 21 Dec 2012 @ 11:05
It is really sad to see this once great company on it's heels and even sadder to see Apple amongst the consortium, or as one person put it already cartel.
Kodak woke up to the digital revolution way too late - of course professionals were saying at the time they would never go digital, words they have eaten now.
I hope that Kodak are able to pull their show around and weather the storm it would be a shame if the brand vanished into tech oblivion.
Will be interesting to see how the patent sharing works Apple have never struck me as a company that like to share their developments.

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#6 22 Dec 2012 @ 15:33
Governments = Corps. Protectors (Laws)
Countries = Farms
Consortium = Corporation Cartel
Employees = Wage-Slaves (Sheep's)
Customers = Brainwashed
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+5000
#7 23 Dec 2012 @ 18:34
Thanks for the clarification MrGuss :)

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