Patent auction company Kodak has promised that one of the most interesting moments in the ongoing patent wars, with its Digital Imaging patents offered for billions of dollars. Kodak gave more than 1100 patents for sale, with the majority of them related to digital imaging and image capture, processing, and transfer technology for digital cameras and Smartphones.
We saw also a prominent tech giants thrown in with each other on the acquisition of patents, such as Google, Samsung, and RPX in one camp and Apple, Microsoft, and intellectual Ventures in the second.
However, in the course of the competition, it seems that Kodak may not be able to retrieve what he expects in the auction. Kodak had previously stated that patents may be around $ 2.2 to 2.6 billion dollars, but the current rate reporting is approximately $ 500 million.
Kodak announced that it may refuse to sell some or all of its patents to push prices fail. Already pushed the term patent auction and may again to drum with an interest in the auction, and get a higher price.
Even if the auction, there is no guarantee that it will be deleted as a result of regulatory bodies in the possible antitrust issues.
Kodak filed for bankruptcy months ago and owes nearly $ 1.4 billion on Citigroup and other bonds.
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