Eastman Kodak says it is examining its "strategic alternatives" for 1,100 patents on digital imaging, which could include a sale. Its shares rose almost 5 percent in premarket trading on the disclosure.

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The U.S. arbiter for trade disputes has spurned Apple Inc.’s digital-camera patent claims against Eastman Kodak Co., which is caught in a perilous race to redefine itself in the cutthroat digital-imaging arena. Kodak’s stock, nonetheless, fell 18 cents, or 7.1 percent ...

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ROCHESTER — Innovation turned Eastman Kodak Co. into one of the world’s most recognizable brands. Imitation by its rivals might help keep the picture-taking pioneer from fading into history. The company is looking for a lucrative patent-infringement triumph this week ...

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A federal agency said Thursday it will spend an extra week reviewing Eastman Kodak Co.'s potentially lucrative patent claim against tech giants Apple Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd. The U.S. International Trade Commission ...

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After years of wading through a tide of red ink, Eastman Kodak Co. is nearing the end of a potentially lucrative patent fight with tech giants Apple and Research in Motion Ltd. The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington is expected to issue a ruling Thursday ...

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Images from the last manufactured roll of Kodachrome film have landed in George Eastman's air-conditioned cellar in upstate New York. Steve McCurry's pictures of Robert De Niro, New York City's Grand Central Terminal and other iconic people and places ...

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Shares of Eastman Kodak Co. shot up almost 15 percent in unusually heaving trading Wednesday after CEO Antonio Perez told employees that recent Kodak stock purchases reflect management's faith in the photography pioneer's future.

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Shares of Eastman Kodak Co. shot higher Friday after a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission rejected Apple Inc.'s digital-camera patent claims against the photography pioneer. Kodak's technology does not infringe on Apple's patent rights ...

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Embattled photography icon Eastman Kodak Co. is holding its annual meeting in a San Diego suburb where one of its dynamic new businesses — consumer inkjet printers — is based. Robust printer sales have offered some promise that the picture-taking pioneer ...

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Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it lost $246 million in the first quarter — its third quarterly loss in the last year — on weaker digital camera and film sales. The results missed Wall Street expectations, and its shares fell 20 cents, or 6.3 percent, to $2.97 in pre-market trading.

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Intellectual property law firm Hoffman Warnick LLC released the 2011 first quarter Rochester Patent Index report this week. Although the total number of patents issued in the area dropped slightly, the figures show continued growth for the number of patents issued to firms or companies other than Eastman Kodak Co. or Xerox Corp.

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Eastman Kodak is awaiting a high-stakes patent dispute decision regarding smartphone technology used by Apple Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd. And company shares are spiking.

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