Kodak to sell patents for $525 million
In an effort to pull itself out of bankruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for roughly $525 million to a consortium led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp.
December 19, 2012 at 06:43 AM
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In an effort to pull itself out of bankruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for roughly $525 million to a consortium led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp.
Some of the purchase price for the 1,100 patents will come from 12 patent licensees, including Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd, the maker of BlackBerry. The sale satisfies part of a November agreement that puts the company on track to exit bankruptcy next year if it obtains $830 million in financing. Under the terms of that deal, Kodak must also sell its personalized and document imaging businesses and resolve its U.K. pension obligations.
“Kodak's monetization of IP assets further builds on its momentum toward a successful emergence in the first half of 2013,” the company said in a press release.
The photo company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection nearly a year ago, after earlier attempts to sell off its patents failed.
Read more at Thomson Reuters.
For more InsideCounsel coverage of Kodak's bankruptcy saga, see:
In an effort to pull itself out of bankruptcy,
Some of the purchase price for the 1,100 patents will come from 12 patent licensees, including
“Kodak's monetization of IP assets further builds on its momentum toward a successful emergence in the first half of 2013,” the company said in a press release.
The photo company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection nearly a year ago, after earlier attempts to sell off its patents failed.
Read more at Thomson Reuters.
For more InsideCounsel coverage of Kodak's bankruptcy saga, see:
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